Director of Individual GivingFund for Global Human Rights
Catalina currently serves as the Director of Individual Giving at the Fund for Global Human Rights and owns her own company, Envaluate, Inc. She has worked as a programmatic and strategic development consultant for organizations such as: Search for Common Ground, One World Youth, and George Washington University. Her experience in senior-level nonprofit service has been gained at organizations such as My Sister’s Place, Global Kids, and Asian American LEAD. Born to Colombian parents shortly after they arrived in the U.S., Catalina is fluent in Spanish, conversant in French, and her substantive expertise is in civic education. Prior to working in philanthropy, Catalina was a program officer for the U.S. Department of Education. She received an honors bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in human and organizational development from George Washington University. During her time at GW, she received a Fulbright fellowship for research focusing on civic engagement and peace education among youth in Colombia while affiliated with Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá.