Meet our team
Our Board
Georgian
Co-founder
As a teacher, I could look around and see that the last ones to be educated were the rural girls. My current passion is connecting the dots between climate activism and the education of girls.
Pakina
Co-founder
I am a strong believer in Education to make a better world. Educating women is one of the best things we can do because educated women become mothers who will educate their children.
Barbara Salazar
President
I graduated from Medical School and later became a Natural Health professional.
I am also a published author. I started as the Scholarship Chair and this year it is my honor to be the President of such a beautiful organization.
Claudia Laffourgue
Vice-President
I believe that education is the most valuable tool that we can give to girls. I fell in love with the project from the first day when I met some of the girls and saw the effort they made to be able to continue studying.
Daniel Medina Siller
Treasurer
I believe the support we give has a great impact on the girls in our community and empowers them to define their own futures, professionally and personally.
Robin Polanco
Secretary
I have always believed education is the best way to build a person’s confidence and independence while enjoying their chosen profession.
Christine Yanitelli
Events Coordinator
My background as a counselor at the community college level and my strong advocacy for women’s empowerment made becoming involved with Mujeres en Cambio a natural choice. My passion is for supporting women.
Our Volunteers
Marketing & Social Media
Writer & Technical Assistant
Information Technology
Our Partners
Amistad Canada
Amistad is a registered nonprofit organization in Canada whose mission it is to improve the lives of Mexicans in need through better health, education and social justice. It is an all-volunteer organization consisting of Canadians who spend time in Mexico.
Amistad Canada provides Canadians with a charitable framework within which they can more effectively lend a hand to those in need. To that end, Amistad Canada undertakes projects with local community-based partners to address and help close gaps in services.
On Canada Day, July 1, 2019 we began our relationship with Amistad. MeC Board Member Erika Sadler from Montreal, Canada is our Amistad Project Chair.
If you are a Canadian anywhere in the world, you can make a donation and receive a tax related receipt by visiting Amistad Canada. Please be sure to specify Mujeres en Cambio as your donation recipient.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of SMA
Mujeres en Cambio are to be congratulated for all the great work you continue to do for the betterment of our community.
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of SMA is a spiritually and culturally diverse congregation of about 250 people of all ages from many countries who endeavor to empower people toward integrity, joy, and community service. We welcome people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Our Fellowship is centered around seven Unitarian Universalist principles, which include:
- Inherent worth and dignity of all
- Justice, equity, and compassion
- Acceptance and encouragement of one another toward spiritual growth
- Free and responsible search for truth and meaning
- Right of conscience and use of democratic process
- World community with peace, liberty, and justice for all
- Respect for the interdependent web of all existence