Pamela Silva Díaz is a mechanical engineer and human-centered designer with over a decade of experience leading social innovation initiatives across the globe. She is the founder of PamLab Design and Engineering, a consulting practice that works with organizations and community groups to design products and services that address social and environmental challenges.

Pamela began her career in the aerospace industry before shifting her work toward climate resilience and community-centered innovation in the aftermath of Hurricane María in her home island of Puerto Rico. Since then, she has partnered with nonprofit organizations, grassroots community groups, and the private sector to co-design technologies and other solutions that strengthen climate resilience and adaptation, support local livelihoods, and preserve natural ecosystems.

Her work has included co-developing community resilience hubs in Puerto Rico, along with the hardware technologies and services that support them; co-designing and fabricating affordable technologies to support livelihoods and traditional craft with Indigenous communities in Latin America; designing instruments and tools for wetland and ocean conservation in the Caribbean; and leading design strategy, user research and customer experience design for mission-driven businesses.

Pamela is a National Geographic Explorer and holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan.