Dr. Raquel Gatto is currently Regional Policy Advisor at Internet Society. Prior to that position, she had been an advisor at the Brazilian Network Information Center – NIC.br and also the Director of the Internet Society Brazil Chapter. She is a lawyer focused on Intellectual Property, Domain Names, Privacy and Internet Governance issues. She holds a PhD in Law focused on Legitimacy of Global Regulation for Internet Governance, at the Law School PUC, Sao Paulo.  She has also been an Assistant Professor in States Theory and Political Sciences. She has contributed to the IGF processes at global, regional and national levels in many capacities, from the remote participation settings to the youth dynamic coalition creation. She serves at the Program Committee for the LACIGF and actively supports many national IGFs. She speaks Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.