Ingrid Lafleur

Ingrid LaFleur is a cultural advisor, futures researcher, afrofuture theorist, and pleasure activist focused on creating equitable futures using art, culture, and emerging technology. As the founder of The Afrofuture Strategies Institute, she facilitates the development of afrofuture consciousness by combining foresight methodologies and the cultural movement Afrofuturism. As a thought leader, LaFleur has led conversations and workshops at Centre Pompidou (Paris), TEDx Brooklyn, Harvard University, and Oxford University, among others. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and Time magazine, to name a few. LaFleur is an Association of Professional Futurists member attending the University of Houston for an MS in Foresight.