India received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, and her MPH from George Washington University. She has experience working in health policy at both the state and federal level specifically centered around maternal and mental health. In addition, she has worked for a variety of health-related non-profits and direct service organizations. Running tandem to her passion for public health is a passion for ballet.

Nathan is originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.  After working two years for PriceWaterhouseCoopers auditing large corporations, he decided to join a yearlong volunteer program, Rostro de Cristo, which took him to Guayaquil, Ecuador. He lived and worked with six other recent graduates in ‘invasion communities’ on the outskirts of the city.  He then continued with the organization for almost two more years leading the immersion trip program and then as the in-country director. Today, he lives with his wife in Duran across the river from Guayaquil and splits his time between assisting local nonprofit organizations and online Business English teaching.  Since moving to Ecuador, he has embraced a simpler lifestyle and enjoys putzing around in his small patio garden.

A chakrawawa/seed keeper from the Isabela-San Cristobal/Galapagos islands and antisuyu territories, Mimi works as the recipient and advocate of generational birth knowledge informed by the tradition of Paju.  Her focuses include  food sovereignty, community organizing, and active land management practices, and to document the meaningful everyday contributions of indigenous agriculture and its role in rebuilding equitable food systems in cross-cultural spaces. She has a bachelor’s in peace justice & conflict studies and is currently completing a master’s in biology with a focus on global conservation from Miami University.

Clare holds an MPH in Global Health & Population from the Harvard School of Public Health and a BA in Government and Women’s & Gender Studies from Georgetown. She has a background in the implementation and management of research projects and previously worked on the endTB trial with Partners In Health. Based in Boston, she is currently working on cost-effectiveness research utilizing infectious disease modeling with a team at Mass General. She is really looking forward to working with the PACH group.

Charlene previously served as a Program Coordinator with PACH and has returned as a Fundraising & Development Manager.  Outside of PACH, Charlene works in higher education, where she advises and leads programs for international students and students from low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented backgrounds.  Prior to working in student affairs, Charlene also brings experience from the non-profit sector, where she managed community economic empowerment and career training programs, serving refugee farmers and adults with employment barriers re-entering the workforce. Charlene holds an MA in Community Development Policy & Practice from the University of New Hampshire. 

Charlene is dedicated to supporting mission-driven organizations and individual change-makers to build their capacity, progress toward their goals, and drive impact in their communities.