Our Team
Khadija Kakar
Community Engagement Manager
Khadija Kakar holds a masters in Near Eastern Studies from NYU and has worked for several international organizations empowering women, including International Rescue Committee. She recently relocated to the US.
Andrea Yarad
Operations Manager
Andrea Yarad has a Master's degree in quality and productivity management as well as extensive knowledge of project management, scrum and agile methodologies. Originally from Ecuador, she now lives in NY with her family. She speaks Spanish, French and English.
Kateryna Vynohradova
Volunteer Coordinator
Kateryna Vynohradova is from Ukraine and resettled in Brooklyn in 2022. She holds a masters in finance and has work experience in project management in both the nonprofit and tech sectors. She speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and English.
Shoshana Barzel
Founder, Executive Director
Shoshana Barzel holds an M.F.A. from Columbia University and has worked with refugees and asylum seekers in the U.S. and Middle East.
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Amany Soliman
Program Manager
Amany Soliman holds a masters in public policy and has a background in business and accounting. She moved to the U.S. from Egypt in 2018.
Liana Popova
Financial Officer
Liana Popova holds a masters in engineering. She is from Ukraine, where she also worked as an accountant, and now lives with her family in New York.
Camila Carrión
Partnerships Manager
Camila Carrion is a proud Ecuadorian immigrant with a bachelor’s degree in Ecotourism Engineering. Camila speaks Spanish & English and she loves to travel and spend quality time with her family.
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Juliana Ciesla
Development & Communications Associate
Juliana Ciesla was born in Brazil and has lived in five countries. She holds an undergraduate degree in engineering and a masters in marketing from Baruch College where she focused on digital marketing and analytics.
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Rose Gardere
Program Coordinator
Rose Gardere holds a degree in Administrative Sciences. She is from Haiti and came to the United States in 2024. She previously worked as a Human Resources Administrative Assistant at Zanmi Lasante.
Our staff comes from 5 continents and collectively speaks nearly 20 languages!
Board of Directors
Ariella Barel
Legal Associate, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman and Stone, LLP.
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Adriel Koschitzky
Senior Director of Business Development & Operations, Revolo Biotherapeutics
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Charlotte Michailidis
Founder& CEO, Parenthood Ventures​
Dr. Dana Sirota
Pediatrician, NewYork-Presbyterian​
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Mili Mittal
Director, Alvarez & Marsal
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Naomi Hachen
Senior Research Scientist, Best Buy Health
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Nisha Baliga
Head of Strategy, MoCaFi​​​
Rutba Shivani
Innovation Consulting Manager, Accenture
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Shahrzad Makaremi
Senior Director of Operations, Array Education
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Sapna Owais
Program Manager, Commonpoint Queens​​