Dr. Leticia Hoppe is an economist and has been working in the area of Female Entrepreneurship since 2015. Together with two female co-authors she published two books about this topic. Leticia is a postdoctral researcher at the research group of Strategy & Management and has lectured Finance, Project Management, and Entrepreneurship since 2010 at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has completed studies as a visiting PhD student at Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University in 2011/2012.

Leticia has also coordinated a merged project between the state government and the Puc-RS University to improve the financial results of small and medium-sized companies in the south of Brazil contributing to an increased innovation rate.