Dianna E. Almanza is a first-generation Mexican American born in Denver, Colorado. She holds a Master of Arts in International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute (PMI). She is Head of Product & Emerging Technologies at MyID, and an alumna of GoPlus Security, Republic, Gitcoin Kernel, and SheFi in Web3 and blockchain.
Dianna's career reflects a rare and deliberate arc — one that has carried her from international human rights fieldwork in armed conflict around the world, protecting blockchain-based development, humanitarian, and peacebuilding projects and initiatives on the ground, through academia and the halls of the United States (U.S.) Congress, into the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and now into the fast-evolving world of Web3 and digital assets.
At every stage, she has built a practice of using her platform to amplify the outstanding leadership, innovation, and contributions of remarkable women she has had the honor of meeting along the way — women like herself working in conflict resolution, policy, human rights advocacy, and now blockchain and Web3. Whether through writing policy implementation reports for U.S. and international policymakers, public speaking, mentorship, or strategic partnerships, Dianna has made visibility and advocacy for women's leadership a throughline of her professional life.
Her academic work has been published in her field, underscoring a career grounded as much in rigorous analysis as in on-the-ground experience. That combination — scholarly depth paired with lived experience in some of the world's most difficult environments — continues to shape how she approaches partnerships, security, decentralized systems, and digital equity today.
Dianna considers it an absolute dream to speak at the United Nations 81st Science Summit, an opportunity she views as deeply reflective of her ongoing commitment to fostering gender equity and equality within the Web3 and digital assets ecosystem. For her, the invitation is not a departure from her human rights background but a continuation of it: the same drive that led her to elevate women's voices in armed conflict around the world, in the U.S. Congress, and at the OHCHR now finds new expression in an industry still working to build equitable representation and access. Her work is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
She sees Web3 as both a challenge and an opportunity — a space where decentralized technologies, when translated into measurable local action, can create genuine resilience infrastructure for women and underrepresented communities. For Dianna, the principles of inclusion, transparency, and empowerment she has championed throughout her career can be embedded into the technology shaping the future of finance, identity, and digital rights.
In every room she enters, Dianna continues to bridge worlds — human rights and blockchain, policy and innovation, advocacy and technology — with a consistent focus: ensuring that the women shaping these fields are seen, heard, and celebrated.