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Caro, currently based in Beirut, is an Executive and Strategy consultant for non-profits as well as a ceramic artist. She was previously an Associate Director at Human Rights Watch in London, focused on Development and Outreach. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of Apathy is Boring, working in a non-partisan manner and on a national scale to engage millions of Canadian youth in democracy. Over seven years, she grew the organization into a multi-million dollar non-profit with 7 regional offices, and advised the Prime Minister’s Office on youth policy.

She is a graduate of a Masters in Public Policy from Oxford University, which she received with Merit. She was named one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada in 2020, and conducted over 500 media interviews and speaking engagements on topics of civic and democratic engagement.

She was the chair of the granting committee for the Inspirit Foundation for 9 years, working on narrative change centering Arab and Indigenous communities. She was one of the co-organizers of MTL2Leb raising funds for Lebanon during the 2024 war. She was previously an advisor to Sid Lee's C2 Conference, as part of the Sustainability Impact Unit, and a former board member for the Darling Foundry, supporting the creation of contemporary art. She was named in the top 30 under 30 by the Bay Street Bull in 2020, recognized as one of 19 prominent Canadians by CBC, named a Canadian Arab to Watch in 2015 by the Canadian Arab Institute, and was awarded the Walker Humanitarian Award by Concordia University.