Gwendolyn Torres is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Management Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.

Her research focus is organizational design decisions for scaling up start-ups.

She is an experienced development and communications professional who has dedicated her career to socio-environmental issues impacting marginalized communities.

Often collaborating with diverse stakeholders and networks in multiple languages, she has worked in the education, technology, non-profit, social enterprise, real estate, retail, defense, and sustainable architecture sectors.