Aimee Roberson

Aimee Roberson, Executive Director, is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and also of Chickasaw, Scottish, Irish, and English descent.

Mark Camp

Mark Camp, Deputy Executive Director, from 1993 to 1998, ran Joint Effort, a small fair trade company that imported crafts from Maya cooperatives in…

Avexnim Cojti

Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche'), Director of Programs, is from Chuwila, Guatemala.

Alicia Moncada

Alicia Moncada (Wayuu), Director of Advocacy and Communications, brings over 13 years of experience in human rights advocacy, research, and…

​​​​​​​Verónica Aguilar

Verónica Aguilar (Mixtec), Keepers of the Earth Fund Program and Languages Coordinator, belongs to a migrant Mixtec community in Veracruz,…

Jess Cherofsky

Jess Cherofsky, Advocacy Program Manager, builds processes and connections across programs towards the implementation of Cultural Survival's advocacy…

Michelle de León

Michelle de León, Grants Coordinator, was born and raised in Guatemala.

Danielle DeLuca

Danielle DeLuca, Senior Development Manager, has been with Cultural Survival since 2009, when she started volunteering from our G

Shaldon Ferris

Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan), Indigenous Rights Radio Coordinator, started out in media by producing music videos.

Sofia Flynn

Sofia Flynn, Accounting and Office Manager, is originally from Cali, Colombia.

Nati Garcia

Nati Garcia (Maya Mam), Capacity Building Program Manager is from Ixtahuacan, Guatemala.

Cesar Gomez

Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam), Community Media Program Coordinator. Cesar is from Palin, Escquintla, Guatemala.

Natalia Jones

Natalia Jones, Advocacy Coordinator, is Spanish and English and was born and raised in Madrid, Spain.

Mariana Kiimi

Mariana Kiimi (Na Ñuu Sàvi/Mixtec), Advocacy Associate, is from San Juan Mixtepec in Oaxaca, México.

Edson Krenak

Edson Krenak Naknanuk (Krenak), Brazil Program Manager, is an Indigenous activist, writer, and scholar from Brazil.

Dev Kumar Sunuwar

Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar), Community Media Program Coordinator, comes from Nepal.

Byron Tenesaca Guaman

Byron Tenesaca Guaman (Kañari Kichwa), Fellowships Coordinator, is from Guapondelig situated in Kañari territory (also known today as Cuenca) in the…

Marco Lara

Marco Lara (Hñähñu descent), Social and Digital Media Coordinator, is from Mexico City.

Jamie Malcolm-Brown

Jamie Malcolm-Brown, Communications and Information Technology Manager, graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,

Edison Andrango

Edison Andrango (Kichwa Otavalo), Indigenous Rights Radio Program Assistant, is from the northern part of Ecuador.

Nadia April

Nadia Revonia April (Damara and Nama), Keepers of the Earth Fund Program Coordinator, is a black African feminist acti

Diana Ariza Monroy

Diana Ariza Monroy, Community Media Program Assistant, is from Santander, Colombia, but is based in Cauca, in the Nasa community, and holds a degree…

Carmem Cazaubon

Carmem Cazaubon, Capacity Building Program Assistant, is from Brazil. Currently based in Rio de Janeiro, she grew up in the coastal town of Rio…

Maya Chipana Lazzaro

Maya Chipana Lazzaro (Quechua), Bazaar Vendor Coordinator, holds a master's degree from the University of New Mexico and

Miguel Cuc

Miguel Cuc (Maya Kaqchikel), Accounting Associate, is from Sololá, Guatemala, a region where despite many faces of discrimination, Indigenous Peoples…

Geovany Cunampio Salazar

Geovany Cunampio Salazar (Emberá), Panama Advocacy Coordinator, was born in the Piriatí Emberá community in eastern Panama.

Roberto De La Cruz Martínez

Roberto De La Cruz Martínez (Binnizá), Information Technology Associate, is from Juchitan, Oaxaca, México, but currently lives in Oaxaca…

Georges Dougnon

Georges Theodore Dougnon (Dogon), Capacity Building Program Assistant, hails from central Mali.

David Favreau

David Favreau, Logistics and Operations Assistant, formerly worked at Cultural Survival as the Bazaar Program Manager for 11 years. After…

Alison Guzman

Alison Guzman, Donor Relations Coordinator, manages and cultivates relationships with Cultural Survival´s donors.

Emma Hahn

Emma Hahn, Development Associate, graduated from Beloit College with a degree in International Relations, Japanese Language and Culture, and Museum…

Belen Iñiguez

Belen Iñiguez, Publications Distribution Assistant, is based in La Paz, Bolivia.

Kevin Alexander Larrea García

Kevin Alexander Larrea García, Information Technology Associate, is from Lima, Peru.

Candela Macarena Palacios

Candela Macarena Palacios, Executive Assistant, is from the Greater Buenos Aires area in Argentina. She has volunteered in various social causes…

Ñushpi Mayhuay Alancay

Ñushpi Quilla Mayhuay Alancay (Quechua Kolla), Advocacy Coordinator, is a lawyer and human rights activist from Argentina. She comes from a family of…

Ilenia Pérez

Tia-Alexi Roberts

Tia-Alexi Roberts (Narragansett), Communications and Editorial Assistant, is an enrolled member of the Narragansett Indian Nation and is a multi-…

Elvia Rodriguez

Elvia Rodriguez (Mixtec), Community Media Program Assistant, is from Santo Tomas Ocotepec, a community in the High Mixtec of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Mariana Rodriguez Osorio

Mariana Rodriguez Osorio, Executive Assistant, comes to Cultural Survival with over two years of experience in the field.

Camila Romero

Camila Paz Romero (Quechua), Keepers of the Earth Program Assistant, was born in Chile and lives in Wallmapu, the ancestral territory of the Mapuche…

Thaís Soares Pellosi

Thaís Soares Pellosi, Executive Assistant, was born and raised in Brazil. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from the…

Carlos Sopprani

Carlos Antonio Sopprani Durand, Human Resources Associate, is from Lima, Peru.

Abigail Sosa Pimentel

Abigail Sosa Pimentel, Human Resources Assistant, was born and raised in New Jersey. She is a descendent of the Puruhá Peoples in Riobamba,…

Candyce Testa

Candyce Testa (Pequot), Bazaar Events Manager, lives with her community on the Mashantucket Reservation in Connecticut.

Diana Pastor Hernández

Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche), Media Coordinator, holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of San Carlos of Guat

Guadalupe Pastrana

Guadalupe Pastrana (Nahua), Indigenous Rights Radio Producer, is originally from the Malacachtepec Momoxco community of Milpa Alta, southeast of…

Agnes Portalewska

Agnes Portalewska, Senior Communications Manager, is originally from Warsaw, Poland.

Rosy Sul González

Rosy Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel), Indigenous Rights Radio Program Manager, is from the town of Sumpango, Sacatepéquez

Miranda Vitello

Miranda Vitello, Development Coordinator, processes all donations, manages the membership database, and coordinates the

Candy Williams

Candy Williams, Human Resources Manager, is a human resources leader and Certified Workforce Development Professional with over 15 years of cross-…

Pablo Xol

Pablo Xol (Maya Qʼeqchiʼ), Design and Marketing Associate, is a creative professional and cultural advocate from Guatemala.