Maria Aguiar

Maria Aguiar, the Director of Grantmaking & Advocacy, has worked with Grassroots International since 2001 and has had particular responsibility for the development of the Resource Rights and Latin American and the Caribbean Programs. A Brazilian by birth, she has a long history of solidarity work in support of Puerto Rican social justice organizations and organizations that support normalization of relations with Cuba. She has extensive experience working with Latin American women’s organizations as a member of the writing and editorial team for Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas, the Spanish translation/adaptation of the landmark Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Our Bodies, Ourselves. She has worked for over 25 years with community based organizations promoting community development and social justice in Latino communities here in the United States. She has taught community development and public health in community based and local university settings.  Ms. Aguiar holds a Masters in Public Health from the Boston University School of Public Health with a certificate in Health Care in Developing Countries.