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Leila De Lara is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies within the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth. Her work focuses on fostering entrepreneurial mind-sets, creativity, and resilience through education and digital innovation. She teaches courses on e-commerce, crowdfunding, social media marketing, and digital communication strategies for business promotion.
Her research explores marketing strategies for content creators, leveraging emerging technologies to enhance community cohesion, and improving enterprise education curricula based on insights from indie game developers’ entrepreneurial experiences. She is an award-winning social entrepreneur with a background in social pedagogy, arts journalism, blogging, and illustration-based enterprises.
Leila actively mentors local businesses and consults on brand strategy and market-driven content creation. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges creative industries, education, and community engagement, emphasizing practical applications of digital tools for social impact.
