I visited the Byron Bar at the Bayer Pharmaceuticals Headquarters in Berlin during the winter of 2022/23.

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Bianca De Leo is a preclinical pharmacologist in reproductive health at Bayer AG and proudly involved in women’s health and women’s empowerment activities even outside her work. Since 2020 she acts as reproductive health consultant for Together Women Can non-profit organisations with projects in rural Kenya. She loves traveling and visited 30 countries and still counting! Her favourite quote: ‘traveling is the only thing you buy that makes you richer’. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bianca-de-leo-42227055/ Together Women Can: https://www.togetherwomencan.co Together Women Can LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/togetherwomencan/