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Majo Acosta Robayo (she/her)

Senior Associate, North America

Majo Acosta Robayo is a Senior Associate on the North America team at Centre for Public Impact.

She joined CPI in 2022.

Majo graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Global Health and Health Policy. She has a background in human-centred design, city innovation, health equity, and biochemistry (an artifact of a three-year pre-med track).

During Majo’s time at CPI, she has been a part of several programmes across the government innovation and climate action portfolios. She was a curriculum designer and workshop facilitator for CPI’s inaugural Fail Forward programme, which focused on helping county governments across the US develop cultures of innovation that embrace responsible experimentation and continuous learning.

She was also the Chief Storyteller and supporting consultant for seven cities across the world as they used Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “Path to Innovation” to design creative solutions for pressing urban challenges like equitable flood preparedness in coastal cities and loss of community connectedness in growing urban centres. Currently, Majo is helping to design and implement a system-innovation programme that supports a large US county’s transit department as they transition to a net-zero emission fleet.

When she’s not working on CPI projects, Majo is usually playing pickleball, planning her next trip, or listening to podcasts as she walks through the bustling streets of Washington, DC.