My name is Wala KASMI. I am a founder and a life hacker, fascinated by the invisible patterns that shape how humans learn, organize, and evolve.

I was born in Ain Draham, a small town in the northwest of Tunisia, to a mother who worked at the court and a father who taught history. In our home, learning was the greatest investment. We did not buy a house until every child had graduated. That choice taught me discipline, long term thinking, and the belief that knowledge changes destinies.

As a child, many assumed I would become a lawyer. Growing up around the court, I became captivated by justice, debate, and the way ideas turn into decisions. I explored political science and law, still carrying that early dream. At the same time, I moved across different parts of the country and studied in schools where I shared benches with both the very poor and the very rich. That contrast shaped my perspective. It taught me how differently people live, and how much of what drives us is universal.

I eventually became a network engineer, but the real turning point came as a teenager when I discovered the internet. What changed me was not only access to information, but access to people. I felt early that the generations shaped by the internet, starting with Millennials, then Gen Z, and now Gen Alpha, would have a different role to play in the world. More global. More connected. More capable of building outside traditional structures. I wanted to contribute to that shift, not as a commentator, but as a builder.

Then came the Tunisian revolution. I lived it fully and watched people organize in decentralized, autonomous ways, without waiting for permission. It made something click. Systems are not fixed. They can be redesigned. That experience anchored my path as someone committed to building new models through startups, institutions, and theories of change, with one obsession at the center. How do we create better infrastructures for collaboration and learning in a networked world.

Over the years, that work has taken many forms. I founded WeCode Startup and trained thousands. I partnered with global organizations and led initiatives that connected technology to real access and real opportunity. I was awarded the French President Award for Innovation and was designated a Global Women in Tech by the U.S. Secretary of State for Commerce. Today, I continue building in education and learning infrastructure through my current venture, ClassX, and the broader ecosystem around it.

I am also a life hacker in the most practical sense. I love to travel, to immerse, and to experience cultures fully. I have lived and spent months across Africa, Europe, the Americas, and APAC, with extended time in Asia. Diversity is not an abstract value to me. It is a lived practice. I seek it, embody it, and learn from it.

Across countries and communities, I keep noticing the same thing. There are patterns that are hard to name, but once you see them, you cannot unsee them. My work is to put language on those patterns, to make them visible, and to turn them into systems people can actually use.