Susana Tomaz

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SUSANA TOMAZ

Susana works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, curriculum design, and future-focused education. With over 20 years’ experience across three education systems, she bringsdeep expertise in pedagogical leadership, educational innovation, and system-level change, witha strong focus on safeguarding learning, cognition, and student agency in an AI-enabled world.She is the Day of AI Aotearoa | New Zealand Programme Lead and Director of Futures and AIStrategy at Westlake Girls’ High School, where she leads whole-school AI integration.A Fellow of the International Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspicesof UNESCO, Susana contributes to national and global initiatives including the AI Forum NZ AIBlueprint for Education, EdTechNZ’s stewardship group, and UNESCO’s Open Education for aBetter World programme. She also mentors educators internationally through the Asia-EuropeFoundation, supporting the integration of AI through learning design that is pedagogicallygrounded, culturally responsive, and human-centred.Susana previously led Westlake’s STEAM programme, recognised in an OECD study across fivecountries. She holds a Master’s in Technological Futures specialising in AI in education(AcademyEx), alongside her Master’s from University College London (UCL), enabling her tobridge research, policy, and classroom practice through a systems lens.Susana works alongside school principals, leadership teams, and education communities, and isregularly invited to speak on AI in Education, future-focused learning, and education systemreadiness. Her work supports leaders to navigate complexity with clarity, ensuring AI serveslearning, human judgement, and long-term educational purpose.