Aimee Roberson, Executive Director, is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and also of Chickasaw, Scottish, Irish, and English descent.
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Mark Camp, Deputy Executive Director, from 1993 to 1998, ran Joint Effort, a small fair trade company that imported crafts from Maya cooperatives in…
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Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche'), Director of Programs, is from Chuwila, Guatemala.
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Verónica Aguilar (Mixtec), Keepers of the Earth Fund Program Coordinator, belongs to a migrant Mixtec community in Veracruz, Mexico.
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Jess Cherofsky, Advocacy Program Manager, builds processes and connections across programs towards the implementation of Cultural Survival's advocacy…
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Michelle de León, Grants Coordinator, was born and raised in Guatemala.
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Danielle DeLuca, Senior Development Manager, has been with Cultural Survival since 2009, when she started volunteering from our G
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Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan), Indigenous Rights Radio Coordinator, started out in media by producing music videos.
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Sofia Flynn, Accounting and Office Manager, is originally from Cali, Colombia.
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Nati Garcia (Maya Mam), Capacity Building Program Manager is from Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.
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Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam), Community Media Program Coordinator. Cesar is from Palin, Escquintla, Guatemala.
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Natalia Jones, Advocacy Coordinator, is Spanish and English and was born and raised in Madrid, Spain.
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Mariana Kiimi (Na Ñuu Sàvi/Mixtec), Advocacy Associate, is from San Juan Mixtepec in Oaxaca, México.
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Edson Krenak Naknanuk (Krenak), Advocacy Coordinator, is an Indigenous activist, writer, and a PhD student at Vienna University, Austria,…
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Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar), Community Media Program Coordinator, comes from Nepal.
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Byron Tenesaca Guaman (Kañari Kichwa), Fellowships Coordinator, is from Guapondelig situated in Kañari territory (also known today as Cuenca) in the…
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Marco Lara (Hñähñu descent), Social and Digital Media Coordinator, is from Mexico City.
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Jamie Malcolm-Brown, Communications and Information Technology Manager, graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
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Edison Andrango (Kichwa Otavalo), Indigenous Rights Radio Program Assistant, is from the northern part of Ecuador.
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Cliver Ccahuanihancco Arque (Quechua), Keepers of the Earth Program Associate. Cliver was born in the Andean region of Peru.
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Maya Chipana Lazzaro (Quechua), Bazaar Vendor Coordinator, holds a master's degree from the University of New Mexico and
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Miguel Cuc (Maya Kaqchikel), Accounting Associate, is from Sololá, Guatemala, a region where despite many faces of discrimination, Indigenous Peoples…
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Roberto De La Cruz Martínez (Binnizá), Information Technology Associate, is from Juchitan, Oaxaca, México, but currently lives in Oaxaca…
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Georges Theodore Dougnon (Dogon), Capacity Building Program Assistant, hails from central Mali.
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Alison Guzman, Donor Relations Coordinator, manages and cultivates relationships with Cultural Survival´s donors.
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Emma Hahn, Development Associate, graduated from Beloit College with a degree in International Relations, Japanese Language and Culture, and Museum…
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Belen Iñiguez, Publications Distribution Assistant, is based in La Paz, Bolivia.
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Kevin Alexander Larrea García, Information Technology Associate, is from Lima, Peru.
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Candela Macarena Palacios, Executive Assistant, is from the Greater Buenos Aires area in Argentina. She has volunteered in various social causes…
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Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett), Communications and Editorial Assistant, is an enrolled member of the Narragansett Indian Nation and is a multi-…
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Elvia Rodriguez (Mixtec), Community Media Program Assistant, is from Santo Tomas Ocotepec, a community in the High Mixtec of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Mariana Rodriguez Osorio, Executive Assistant, comes to Cultural Survival with over two years of experience in the field.
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Thaís Soares Pellosi, Executive Assistant, was born and raised in Brazil. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the…
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Carlos Antonio Sopprani Durand, Human Resources Associate, is from Lima, Peru.
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Candyce Testa (Pequot), Bazaar Events Manager, lives with her community on the Mashantucket Reservation in Connecticut.
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Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche'), graduated from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala in Social Work and with studies in Collabor
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Guadalupe Pastrana (Nahua), Indigenous Rights Radio Producer, is originally from the Malacachtepec Momoxco community of Milpa Alta, southeast of…
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Agnes Portalewska, Senior Communications Manager, is originally from Warsaw, Poland.
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Rosy Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel), Indigenous Rights Radio Program Manager, is from the town of Sumpango, Sacatepéquez
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Sócrates Vásquez García (Ayuujk Jääy), Community Media Program Manager, hails from Oaxaca, México, and is a r
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Miranda Vitello, Development Coordinator, processes all donations, manages the membership database, and coordinates the
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Candy Williams, Human Resources Manager, is originally from the Dominican Republic and resides in Alaska, United States.
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Raquel Xiloj (Maya K’iche), Keepers of the Earth Program Manager, was born and raised in Guatemala.
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Pablo Xol (Maya Qʼeqchiʼ), Design and Marketing Associate, is originally from Guatemala but has been living and working in Panama for the last…
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Polina Shulbaeva (Selkup, a Taiga Peoples) is from Siberia, Russia.
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Hartman Deetz (Mashpee Wampanoag) has been active in environmental and cultural stewardship for over 20 years.
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Cristian Otzin (Maya Kakchiquel) is a lawyer and legal advisor to the Guatemalan Maya Lawyers Association (Asociación de Abogados Mayas de Guatemala…
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Adriana Sunun (Maya Kakchiquel) is part of the legal team of the Association of Mayan Lawyers of Guatemala (Asociación de Abogados Mayas de Guatemala…
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.