Eva Paliouras is a 17-year-old student, equestrian, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who lives in Wellington, Florida. Originally from Lima, Peru, Eva speaks four languages fluently and attends the Score Academy.  An accomplished equestrian, Eva balances her time between studying, competing in show jumping,  and helping raise funds and awareness for those less fortunate. At the age of 13, Eva launched Bonnets of Hope, an initiative for the non-profit Knitting Hope, by creating products that include purses, pouches, wallets, and equestrian bonnets to help raise funds for women in rural Peru.  Eva, who learned to knit and sew during COVID, designs the accessories and promotes them to raise awareness and funds throughout the international equestrian world.   She began riding at the age of seven, and now trains with Irish show jumping champion David Blake at Pine Hollow Farm in Wellington. She is short-listed for the Peruvian show jumping team to compete in the Bolivarian Games this year in Lima. If Eva makes the final cut, she'll be the youngest rider in history to compete in show jumping in these Games.  The Bolivarian Games mark the beginning of #The Olimpic cycle” followed by the Pan Ams in 2026 and then the Olympic.

Since early age I have been involved in charity and  begun helping my mother directly getting involved with the Textile Workshop of the Charity she was involved with. At the very beginning i helped catalogue and organize but then i started going to the mountains and got to know the artisans and even helped teaching them how to write their name (most of them are iliterate). As years passed i got more and more involved and when covid hit the dream of making it my own came to mind…This is how Bonnets of Hope was born…a project that involves my two passions: Helping women and riding horses.