WCDCODays for Girls International
Beginning in the early eighties, I set out to walk a life of purpose. This started me down a path that went from teaching low-income women trade skills, while moonlighting as a firefighter, to serving as a policy adviser to the Governor of Washington, raising funds and building awareness for an international Skoll award winning NGO, Landesa, and directing Grameen Foundation’s philanthropy initiatives.
Now with over three decades working for local and international NGOs, my vast experience and networks has allowed me to continue this passion by expanding Days for Girls’ program reach and mission. An organization that has reached over 2 million women and girls with mensural products and health education.
When not talking about periods, I also serve as a trustee for a girls school in Humla, Nepal, and read Sesame Street books to my grandchildren.
Days for Girls is a two-time Girl Effect Champion, a Global Giving Girl Fund winner, 2015 recipient of the SEED award for gender equity and entrepreneurship, and a Huffington Post ‘Next Ten’ organization poised to change the world in the next decade. Visit our website at daysforgirls.org to learn more or contact me about ways to partner.
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