Filipe Zano holds a Doctoral degree (Ph.D) in Health and Nutrition Projects, an International Master in Nutrition and Dietetics with specialty in IYCF and a graduation in agronomy engineering. Zano has a working experience of about 23 years in different fields namely, food security, nutrition, SRHRs, WASH, education, agriculture and sponsorship. Fifteen years out of the twenty-three he served as a coordinator and project implementer. For eight years, Zano was a project and program manager of projects funded by different donors such as USAID, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Micronutrients Initiative of Canada, Australia, and Spain. Over these years of work experience, Zano was an employee at World Vision, FAO, International Potato Center, Plan International and Save the Children International (SCI). At SCI, he served as Technical Director (DCOP) of the USAID Advancing Nutrition Project.