Nicol Chinchilla Cordero
Nicol Chinchilla Cordero grew up in La RIbera, small village in Southern Costa Rica. At the age of 17, Nicol attended the United World Colleges in New Mexico. In this two years International Baccalaureate high school Nicol was inspired to study Environmental Studies. Nicol is studying at Earlham College were she is double majoring in Environmental […]
Maria Daniela Castillo
Maria Daniela Castillo is a graduate student pursuing a Master’s in City Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2015, upon being awarded a Resolution Project Fellowship, Maria and her co-founders, Nicol Chinchilla and Sasha Drumm, founded UpTica, a social venture where women in rural Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica, upcycle materials to make […]
Little Dreamers Foundation
Shantel Marekera is launching Little Dreamers Foundation in Harare, Zimbabwe to open a subsidized pre-school in Glen View 8 for low-income young girls whose guardians cannot afford to send them to local pre-schools. This gives young girls access to education despite their parents’ economic status and helps them discover their potential at a tender age.
Shantel Marekera
Shantel Marekera is a Rhodes scholar pursuing a degree in Jurisprudence/Law at the University of Oxford after graduating summa cum laude with a masters degree in Justice Studies at Arizona State University where she was a MasterCard Foundation scholar. She advises UN Women on youth issues in her role as a member of the policy […]
Education in Progress
Education in Progress will provide infrastructure, technology, training, and much-needed supplies to neglected schools in rural Panama.
Jorge Isaac Iglesias Bloise
Jorge is a dynamic, responsible, and humble leader. He likes to work hand in hand with those around him, and has the desire to excel. Jorge’s goals are based on achieving clear and realistic objectives; he learns fast, fulfills adequately with punctuality and honesty in the activities he carries out. Jorge believes that humanity, love […]
Suubi Community Development Organization
Suubi Community Development organization offers ICT and entrepreneurship training to women and girls that have dropped out of school so they can develop the skills to work in tech or start their own businesses.
Daniel Sebugwawo
Daniel Sebugwawo is a 28 year old Ugandan currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies at Cavendish University Uganda. Daniel is passionate about community development and believes women in Africa are the fabric that stitches together a community and that they are a powerful tool that can deliver sustainable community development. […]
Sasha Drumm
Sasha Drumm is an environmental engineering student at Michigan Technological University. She has a strong background in leadership through her experiences with journalism, the Green Club, and Youth in Government. Born and raised in the small town of Quincy, Michigan, she always dreamed of reaching out and helping the world beyond the borders of the […]
UpTica
UpTica empowers women in the rural communities of Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica, by providing them with alternative income sources. UpTica reduces gender inequality by creating opportunities for gender training, cross-gender collaboration, mutual encouragement, and personal growth. It introduces upcycling as an approach to value waste, encouraging a sustainable behavior of reducing the consumption of single use bags. […]
