Welcome Fabiana Kondo, General Manager, Brazil

We’re excited to welcome Fabiana Kondo, General Manager, Brazil, to Kira. Fabiana brings a powerful mix of consulting, operational leadership, and deep experience in Brazil’s K–12 education sector. Get to know her in this quick Q&A.

Tell us a bit about your background—what brought you to Kira, and why did this opportunity resonate with you?

My career has had two chapters. The first was 10 years in management consulting, where I worked across strategy, operations, and organizational transformation. The second, and the one closest to my heart, has been the past five years in the Brazilian education sector, leading customer success strategy and operations for one of the country’s leading providers of pedagogical solutions for K–12 schools.

What brought me to Kira was both a growing frustration and a growing conviction. Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand how Brazilian teachers and students are often stuck with tools that feel more like a burden than an enabler, technology that takes time away from teaching rather than giving it back. When I came across Kira’s mission and saw what the platform actually does, it felt like the answer to a problem I’d been thinking about for years. The opportunity to help transform education in Brazil at scale, with AI that genuinely puts teachers first, was impossible to say no to.

What are you most excited about as you start your journey here?

First, I’m excited to learn. Brazil is my world, but Kira operates across geographies, and I’m eager to understand how schools in other contexts are using AI to tackle challenges that feel very familiar to me, and to bring those insights back to the Brazilian market.

Second, I’m excited about the people. Every interaction I had throughout the recruiting process left me with the same impression: this is a team of people who are truly committed to the mission, not just the business. That kind of culture is rare, and I can’t wait to be part of it.

What’s something interesting or unique about yourself that your new colleagues might be surprised to learn?

I’ve lived in five different countries: Brazil, France, Peru, the United States, and the Netherlands. Each one shaped how I think, how I work, and how I see the world. It’s probably why I feel so at home in a role that sits at the intersection of cultures, and why I genuinely love the complexity of bringing a global product into a local market.

How do you see your role contributing to Kira’s mission of transforming education through AI?

Brazil is one of the largest education markets in the world, with roughly 47 million K–12 students, and many are still deeply underserved when it comes to educational quality. My role is to scale Kira in Brazil in a way that is thoughtful, locally grounded, and genuinely impactful. That means building the right partnerships, ensuring the product works for Brazilian teachers and students in their context, and making sure the mission Kira was built around is felt in every school we touch.

When you’re not working, what do you love doing?

I’m a mom of two—Gabriela is 8 and Felipe is 6—and when I’m not working, I’m usually with them. Gabi loves reading and writing together, and Felipe is obsessed with cards and soccer, so our weekends are never boring.

I’m also an aspiring runner. I’ve completed a couple of half marathons and have a dream of one day crossing the finish line of a full marathon. Whether that actually happens is still to be seen, but I’m not giving up on it yet.

We’re thrilled to have Fabiana on the team and excited for the leadership she brings as Kira grows in Brazil. Her experience across strategy, customer success, and education will be invaluable as we work to support more teachers and students with AI that is practical, thoughtful, and built for real classrooms