Borja A. Cuervo

Borja Cuervo has 23 years of experience (280 person-months) in primary healthcare services (HIV, malaria, MCH, immunization) and in strengthening health systems’ resilience to multi-hazards. He specializes in bridging policy design with field implementation while ensuring client-tailored capacity building. His work includes partnering with national governments, multilateral and bilateral donors, UN agencies, CSOs, and regional […]

Rachel Hinkel

Rachael is an Epidemiologist specializing in violence and injury prevention, with experience in global health and disaster risk reduction. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Occidental College and a master’s in public health (MPH) with a concentration in Epidemiology from the University of Arizona. She has contributed to international public health efforts in […]

Lutece O. Cannelle

Lutece has an M.A in Social Justice/Community Organizing and a B.A in Environmental/Marine Studies. Her career includes time spent at Prescott’s Kino Bay Center, a field station in Mexico, where she observed by boat the islands, estuaries, oyster farms, and shrimp aquaculture. She inspected various gear used and its environmental impacts, and she went on […]

Ahmed Elmi

Ahmed Elmi holds a Master’s degree in International Public Policy and a Master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, forming a strong academic foundation for his work in research, global policy and development. With over a decade of experience in program management, Ahmed brings extensive expertise in […]

Nathan Ferguson

Nathan holds a BA from Durham University in Theology. His brief career post university has taken him from Westminster, where he worked for a Baroness, to Argentina, where he worked in a school. He has been working at IRMA alongside these other experiences, and hopes to continue to work in the consulting sector in the […]

Isimbi Sebageni

VRAA Associate and nomadic scholar based in East Africa, with lived experience across nine countries. Isimbi holds a Bachelor’s in Social Science from Glasgow Caledonian University and a Master’s in Gender from the University of London (SOAS). She is currently pursuing a PhD in International Relations at USIU-Africa in Kenya. Her research focuses on gender […]

Florence Copigneaux

Florence Copigneaux is a French and Canadian humanitarian professional with a strong academic background in public health (M1, Nancy University) and business administration (MSc, HEC Paris). She has over 15 years of experience in project leadership, human resources, and finance across diverse humanitarian settings in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, with a particular focus […]

Ambre Caillot

Ambre holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Sorbonne Sciences in Paris and a master’s degree in Ethology, the science of animal behavior. Based in France, she has worked on wildlife research projects both in captivity and in the wild across Africa. Her expertise focuses on the intersection of biodiversity conservation, climate change, species adaptation, […]

Carlos Villatoro Ordóñez

Carlos Villatoro is a Honduran environmental engineer with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering (Universidad Católica de Honduras) and a Master’s in Disaster Risk Management (University of Alicante). He has over seven years of experience in international cooperation and humanitarian action, working with organizations such as Ayuda en Acción, GOAL Global, and IRMA. His work has […]

Anjelica Montano

Anjelica studied pre-med at the University of Minnesota Rochester, obtaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Sciences. She is currently enrolled in a Master of Development Practice program, University of Arizona. Her experiences studying alternative forms of medicine in Japan and India, and then serving as a Healthcare Advisor in the Peace Corps in […]