Cielo Salviolo

Director Pakapaka | Argentina

Cielo Salviolo is a cultural manager, consultant and researcher in communication and childhood, and a producer specializing in children's audiovisual content and formats. She participated in the creation process of the Pakapaka Channel, the first public children's television channel in Argentina recognized in Latin America, she was its founding Director and later served as a creative and content consultant for the channel.

She directed the cultural and recreational activities of the Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires 2018. She was in charge of the Opening Ceremony held for the first time in history in the street, the torch tour throughout the country and the ceremony closing.

Previously, she was an adviser for the children's segment of TV Peru and served as a consultant on media and childhood in various institutions in the region such as UNICEF, Red ANDI, BICE, Social Journalism, among others.

In 2012 she created the Children's Television Laboratory for Latin America, an organization specialized in quality content for children on multiple platforms and in 2013 OVOlab, an incubator and distributor of cultural projects for children.

She was Professor of the Chair of Children's Film and Television Production in Argentina (UBA).

She has a degree in Communication from the University of Buenos Aires, with postgraduate studies in Human Rights (University of Lund-Sweden, Inter-American Institute of Human Rights - Costa Rica), Children's Rights and Early Childhood Education (Flacso).

She was a juror at various international children's film and television festivals (Germany, Colombia, Japan, Chile) and has conducted workshops on quality content for children in Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. The productions made during her management in Pakapaka have received numerous national and international awards.

Since 2020 she is again in charge of the Pakapaka channel. From there, in addition to audiovisual productions, she has generated digital and network content, a children's theme park, and a series of publications, games, and toys.