Hande Karaca

She completed her high school education in the USA as an exchange student. She graduated from the communication department of Galatasaray University in Turkey. (2011) In her career, she worked in many local and global advertising agencies (4129Grey, Cheil, Tazefikir, Pure etc.) and served as the copywriter and project director of global and local companies (Garanti, Volvo, Finansbank, L'oreal, Turkcell, Samsung, Novartis, Pfizer etc.) She has been producing communication solutions for 12 years. She received her Master's degree in Non-Governmental Organizations from Bilgi University in 2019-2020. She transformed the Chain Breaking Women initiative, of which she has been the founding president since 2019, into an association in 2022. She made a volunteer program called "Cycling Ambassador Women" in Turkey, and thanks to this network, it has provided touring and cycling training in Istanbul, Izmir, Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş and Kırklareli. She has provided free cycling training to 1200 women within the association and to 10,000 people within the İSBİKE cycling school, where she trained trainers. She is a certified breathing coach and child and pregnancy yoga instructor. Now she runs the Filispit Bicycle Shop in Kadıköy with her husband. They are excitedly waiting for the birth of their son "Saros".