Bianca Cardozo Flores

Head of Partnerships & Communications | Marketing Manager | Purpose-Driven & Nonprofit Organizations

ABOUT ME

I’m a communications, marketing, and partnerships specialist with 5+ years of experience in the nonprofit and socio-environmental sectors. I focus on building strategic partnerships, leading fundraising efforts, and creating communication strategies that connect people and purpose. In 2025, I secured over $230,000 in funding to support community-led reforestation and social impact projects. I’m passionate about working alongside grassroots organizations and partners to drive sustainable, inclusive change.

Photo: me and the field team in Alcantara, Maranhão, and a beautiful sunset after monitoring.

Key experiences

Head of Partnerships (January 2023 - Present)

SamaÚma Ações Baseadas na Natureza

Project, Fundraising & Partnerships Manager (June 2023 - December 2025)

RAIN Reforest

Marketing Coordinator (October 2021 - June 2024)

Eden: People+Planet

Education

MBA: Project Management: ESG (March 2023 - September 2024)

PUC - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

M.D.: Social Studies Education | Gender & Literature (January 2017 - April 2019)

Universidade Federal Da Grande Dourados - Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Bachelor: Language, Arts, Education (March 2012 - June 2016)

Universidade Federal Da Grande Dourados - Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Partnerships & Fundraising Projects

Highlights:

  • Raised $230,000+ in 2025 for reforestation and socio-environmental projects.
  • Built long-term partnerships with corporate donors, foundations, and aligned institutions.
  • Managed the full fundraising cycle: prospecting, relationship building, proposal development, reporting, and contract closure.

    How I Work:

    I see partnerships not as one-off transactions, but as long-term relationships built around shared purpose, transparency, and mutual value. As Head of Partnerships at Samaúma, I led the entire strategy behind the organization’s growth in fundraising and visibility.

    My work began with mapping the ecosystem: identifying aligned organizations, building a prospect pipeline, and researching where our mission met theirs. I developed tailored approaches for each partner—writing personalized pitch decks, creating branded materials, and coordinating storytelling that reflected both our fieldwork and technical outcomes.

    I worked closely with the executive team to align communication and fundraising efforts, ensuring we were speaking in a unified voice across all platforms. I also built internal systems for follow-up, tracking impact metrics, and strengthening reporting practices. 

    By combining field understanding, strategic framing, and relationship management, I helped position the organization as a serious and trustworthy partner in the climate and social impact space.

    Communication management for partners

    Concept notes for fundraising

    Reports and contracts

    Tiers program/ pitch decks

    Content & Campaign Management

    Deliverables:

    • Campaigns across social media, email, and donor materials.
    • Website copy, newsletters, donor reports.
    • Video production, scripting, and storytelling coordination.

      How I Work:

      I focus on communication that’s clear and accessible—whether it’s for a technical team, a funder, or the community executing the work. My process is hands-on: understanding the project, setting priorities, organizing workflows, and keeping everything aligned with the organization's voice and goals.

      At Eden Reforestation Projects, I coordinated national content efforts—gathering stories from across Brazil to make sure diverse perspectives were represented. I produced mini-documentaries and wrote pieces that showcased the strength of local communities.

      At Samaúma, I created full communication materials for social media, newsletters, blog posts, fundraising tools, and branding. These experiences taught me how to combine media, writing, and field engagement to create communication that informs, connects, and mobilizes—always keeping real people at the center.

      Coordinating a big production team for three years, overseeing the development and delivery of marketing materials for a global organization.
      Copywriting, media production, analytics.
      Copywriting,, video production and scripting, analytics.
      Branding, Copywriting, video production and scripting, analytics.
      Copywriting, media production, analytics.

      More social media/copywriting examples

      Scripting, video production, community mobilization/interviews.

      I love working with media—especially producing videos and documentaries. On the side, you’ll find two videos produced by me and the team in Brazil, following a three-week expedition across several project sites (Maranhão, Piauí, and Goiás). The final products highlight restoration efforts in Brazil led by real people—local communities at the heart of the work.

      Communications & Project Management

      Highlights:

        • Managed comms teams and workflows across multiple countries.
        • Oversaw PR, media relations, social media, and stakeholder reports.
        • Set up CRM systems and donor communication processes.

      How I Work:

      This part of my work is about structure and leadership—coordinating teams, overseeing systems, and holding together the communication ecosystem behind a project.

      As Project Manager at Trees of Music, I led the reorganization of the project's entire communication strategy. I reshaped the narrative to connect the music-driven mission with the technical realities of ecosystem restoration, making it clearer and more relevant for funders and partners. I mobilized an Indigenous community in Bahia for a new planting area, organized field visits, created concept notes, and supported the team in stakeholder mapping and donor positioning.

      At Eden, I led Brazil’s communications and PR strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization’s global messaging. I also managed PR efforts—including hosting international media like the New York Times—and created reports, impact materials, and sponsorship content for international fundraising.

      My focus is always on balancing internal dynamics with external visibility—making sure the strategy, the storytelling, and the delivery are aligned.

      Example of PR: I managed media relations for a global organization. One highlight was hosting a journalist from New York Magazine during one of our projects in Brazil—preparing the local team and aligning communication with the organization’s expectations.

      Websites & Branding

      Highlights:

        • Led website development & copywriting for Samaúma and RAIN Reforest.
        • Designed pitch decks, presentations, logos, and visual materials.
        • Ensured brand consistency across donor and public-facing platforms.
        • Created logo and branding kit for SamaÚma

      Photography and field work

      • Coordinated field visits and photo documentation in Indigenous & traditional communities.
      • Produced visual content for reports, campaigns, and social media.
      • Prioritized respectful, honest representation of people and projects.

      Recent Photos

      My Latest Work

      12 milhões de árvores plantadas no Brasil | 12 million trees planted in Brazil

      A nossa história começou como Instituto de Reflorestamento Eden. Por mais de três anos, atuamos restaurando áreas degradadas em três estados brasileiros, em estreita colaboração com comunidades indígenas e quilombolas. Nossa equipe plantou mais de 12 milhões de árvores, iniciou a restauração de 800 hectares e beneficiou mais de 200 famílias através do emprego direto e da renda gerada com a compra de sementes e outros serviços. Agora somos a SamaÚma Ações Baseadas na Natureza, uma organização sem fins lucrativos enraizada no Brasil. O nome pode ser diferente, mas as pessoas e as motivações são as mesmas.

      SamaÚma Driving Nature-based Actions website: samaumaacoes.org
      @samaumaacoes

      Many of you may remember us as Instituto de Reflorestamento Eden. We had a beautiful journey over the past three years. There were more than 400 trips in a single year to make the work happen. It seemed impossible to achieve so much in a completely organic way, hiring only local people from the traditional and Indigenous communities we worked in. But we did it.

      We planted over 12 million trees, began the restoration of 800 hectares, and benefited hundreds of people as planters, nursery workers, monitoring leaders, and area leaders. Our desire has always been to do more for the people and ecosystems suffering from degradation in Brazil. That is why we are now SamaÚma Ações Baseadas na Natureza, a nonprofit organization rooted in Brazil. The name might be different, but the people and motivations remain the same.

      #nonprofit #SamaumaAcoes #12milliontrees #restoration #brazilianforests #treeplanting #ecologicalrestoration #forests #floresta #amazonia

      Community-led 100% organic reforestation in Brazil

      For hundreds of years, communities in Brazil have been living off the land. As logging and agricultural practices degrade Brazil's forests, their ability to survive off its natural resources significantly decreases. Across different regions and states, we are working directly with traditional groups, indigenous people, and Quilombola communities to reforest nearly 30,000 hectares (115 sq. miles, 300 sq. kilometers) in the Amazon, the Cerrado, and various mangrove estuaries to help restore ecosystems while creating financial opportunities for local communities.

      SamaÚma does much more than just plant trees—we build forests together with those most impacted by the climate crisis. Each of the 12 million seeds and seedlings we’ve planted so far represents healthier soils, more resilient ecosystems, and sustainable opportunities for local communities.

      What Drives Our Actions

      Uncontrolled deforestation caused by livestock farming, agriculture, and illegal logging continues to threaten Brazil’s vital ecosystems and the livelihoods of those who depend on them.

      Brazil holds 15-20% of the world’s biodiversity, and protecting this natural wealth is not just an opportunity—it’s a responsibility.

      From the Amazon rainforest to mangrove estuaries, SamaÚma's work restores balance, supports biodiversity, and empowers communities to lead the way toward a regenerative future.

      Learn more: samaumaacoes.org

      #amazon #mangroves #nature #reforestation #brazil #forest

      It takes a symphony to raise a forest: connecting music and the regeneration of the Atlantic Forest.

      Our journey began with a clear mission: protect the Pau-Brasil tree. Along the way, we made incredible connections with talented classical musicians and caring individuals. 50 thousand saplings of brazilwood were planted in Brazilian ground. Yet, we've learned that we could do even more.

      Our narrative is naturally evolving and is undergoing an organic shift: Our mission now extends to safeguarding the entire Atlantic Forest and its biodiversity. Every tree, every person and every musician is part of this intricate symphony.

      Trees of Music is about the whole, about biodiversity.

      Helping restore life to Lake Parnaguá: Jaine’s story

      Lake Parnaguá is one of the largest natural lakes in Brazil, providing water for a number of surrounding towns. And it is on the brink of disappearing.

      Jaine Carvalho built a strong connection to Lake Parnaguá as she grew up fishing on the lake with her father. When the lake dried up in 2012 due to deforestation, Jaine knew she had to find a way to prevent that from happening again. She studied environmental management in school, but there were few job opportunities when she graduated.

      When we began working in Brazil, Jaine joined our team as a Nursery Manager. Since she joined our team, the Parnaguá nursery has grown to house over 40,000 native seedlings, and Jaine and her team see their work's positive impact on the environment and the community. To learn more about the work our Brazil team is doing, visit edenprojects.org/case-studies/brazil.

      We are a non-profit organization with a mission to offer the dignity of employment to people living in impoverished communities who become transformational agents of global forest restoration. We employ and empower thousands of people living in extreme poverty and provide them with the education and tools necessary to plant, grow, and protect millions of trees each year. Through steady employment, they can afford daily necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and medicine.


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