Julia Corvalan is an international development practitioner from Paraguay. Having worked in the field since 2007, Julia has expertise in a variety of areas ranging from micro-finance & micro-enterprise development, to entrepreneurial education & financial literacy.
In her current role as Country Manager of the Tanzania operation of the Fundacion Paraguaya (FP), she is leading a south-south cooperation program that is replicating social technology developed in South America, in Africa. The program, operating under a 5-year, US$ 5.7 million grant, is taking to scale the FP’s innovative secondary school model- the Financially Self-Sufficient (FSS) School. Serving disadvantaged rural youth in Tanzania, the FSS model enables schools to offset operating costs through entrepreneurial activities that simultaneously generate income and give youth hands-on business experience.
Prior to her move to East Africa, she was Deputy Manager at FP’s HQs in Paraguay.
