MEET OUR STAFF
FRIDA is an entirely youth-led organization committed to staying true to the mission of supporting young feminist organizing FRIDA’s network is far and wide and has a presence in the global south nations of the world. Different people play different roles in advancing FRIDA’s values, vision and mission.
Meet our staff
FRIDA’s team is youth-led and represents different communities, movements and countries. We all work remotely–from co-working offices to cafes and community spaces–to drive FRIDA’s vision and mission forward. We are a mix of full-time staff and part-time consultants. Here is a break-up of our global and glocal team. Click on each person’s name to read their full bios:
Adity Karki
- Programme Associate (South, Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific)
- Nepal
Beatriz Núñez
- Finance Manager
- Mexico
Clara Desalvo
- Senior Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer
- Argentina
Darcelle Lewis
- Communities & Culture Officer
- Trinidad and Tobago
Deepa Ranganathan
- Senior Communications & Content Coordinator
- India
Denny Mwaurah
- Finance and Administration Officer
- Kenya
Jovana Djordjevic
- Chief of Programs
- Serbia
Juliana Câmara
- Media Consultant
- Brazil
Kinga Wisniewska
- Resource Mobilization Manager
- Poland
Kizanne James
- Interim Resource Mobilization Manager
- Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom
Ledys Sanjuan
- Advocacy, Communications & Tech Manager
- Colombia
Letícia Vieira da Silva
- Communities & Culture Officer
- Brazil
Maame Akua Kyerewaa-Marfo
- Communications Associate
- Ghana
Majandra Rodriguez Acha
- Co Executive Director
- Peru
Maria Alejandra Escalante
- Climate and Environmental Justice Advocacy Officer
- Colombia
María Díaz Ezquerro
- Co-Manager of Programs
- Spain
Marta Musić
- Governance Support Consultant
- Serbia
Maryam Al-Khawaja
- Interim Executive
- Bahrain
Mayra Zamaniego López
- Program Officer for Grantee Partner Transition Process
- Mexico
Mbali Donna Khumalo
- Program Officer for SSA and Knowledge Co-creation, Learning, and Sharing
- South Africa
Min Zhu
- Accounting Associate
- Canada
Nadia Elboubkri
- Communities & Culture Manager
- Morocco, Tunisia
Paige Andrew
- Program Co-Manager Grantmaking & Operations
- Trinidad and Tobago
Rachael Mapplebeck
- Human Resources Officer
- Canada
Ro-Ann Mohammed
- Communications Officer
- Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago
Saadat Baigazieva
- Program Officer, Digital Security and Teenage Girl Organizing
- Kyrgyzstan
Sandile Ndelu
- Senior Advocacy Officer
- South Africa
Senda Ben Jebara
- FRIDA's Program Officer for Online Learning and Engagement
- Tunisia
Suzane Usein
- Resource Mobilization Officer
- North Macedonia
Valerie Bellande
- Senior Resource Mobilization Officer
- Haiti
Veronica Veloso
- Program Officer for Grantmaking
- Brazil
Zazi Dlamini
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Officer
- South Africa