Co-Founder & Co-CEOSpark MicroGrants
Sasha Fisher is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Spark Microgrants. Her experiences in South Sudan, South Africa, India, and Uganda led to her passion for community-first development and, in July 2010, she moved to East Africa to develop the Spark Microgrants system of change. Sasha is an inaugural Obama Fellow and Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow. She was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurship list and was honored with the Muhammad Ali Award for Respect. She holds a BA from the University of Vermont in Studio Art and a self-designed major of Human Security, a paradigm for development that recognizes the rising legitimacy of non-state actors in securing basic human needs.
Economic OpportunityEducationFinancial ServicesHealthHealth DeliveryHuman RightsLivelihoodsLiving ConditionsPeacePeace and Human RightsPost-Secondary EducationResponsible Supply ChainsSanitationSecondary EducationSmallholder ProductivityStandardsSustainable MarketsWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills