Grassroots International

Yulissa Arce Mendez is the Solidarity Program Officer – BEAI Fund. She is a first generation diasporarican, whose family migrated from Puerto Rico to Orlando, FL in the early 90’s. She calls Florida home, and much of her work has...

Katherine Asuncion is the Project Manager for Donor Engagement. Most recently, Katherine served as the Development Director at the Student Immigrant Movement (SIM) in Massachusetts. During her time working with SIM she gained experience in organizing, grassroots fundraising, coordinating events...

Shannon Duncan Bodwell is the Donor and Online Communications Coordinator at Grassroots International. At Grassroots International, Shannon combines her love for writing with her passion for justice and technical expertise by coordinating the direct mail, social networking and online programs and...

Malkah B. Feldman works as the Strategic Philanthropy Manager. Her fundraising expertise is grounded in the belief that shared values and vision are the most successful ways to build and fund the essential work for global justice. Her long-term belief in...

Jovanna Garcia Soto is the Solidarity Program Officer for Latin America. Prior to joining Grassroots’ Program team, Jovanna spent five years at the Chelsea Collaborative, where she directed their environmental justice program. Jovanna is trilingual in Spanish (her mother tongue),...

Chung-Wha Hong is the Executive Director of Grassroots International.  As a global justice advocacy and grantmaking organization, Grassroots International connects progressive donors in the US, to high-impact social movements in the Global South. For over 25 years, Chung-Wha has worked...

Jonathan Leaning is the Institutional Giving and Communications Coordinator at Grassroots International. He has more than 25 years of experience working with social movements in Latin America, USA, and Canada, including with American Friends Service Committee, Haymarket People’s Fund, Oxfam...

Sara Mersha has been Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy at Grassroots International since 2010. She works to build and maintain long-term relationships with partner organizations and social movements led by peasants, indigenous peoples, women, and youth in the Global South....

Opal Mita, Administrative Coordinator, has worked in the progressive, non-profit field for over 15 years, providing administrative and human resources support to organizations such as UNITE/HERE!, The Institute on Urban Health Research and The Guidance Center. She holds a BA in...

Orson Moon is the Director of Administration and Finance at Grassroots International. He has worked with nonprofit organizations for more than 25 years. He began in outreach, organizing, and fundraising, and has spent the past 20 years managing administration and financial...

Chris Morrill is the Communications Associate at Grassroots International. Since his teen years, he has spent most of his energies on social justice, grassroots organizing, and writing. His passion for social transformation “from below” has found a home in Grassroots...

Mina Remy is a part-time Solidarity Program Officer for West Africa and Haiti at Grassroots International focusing on work in West Africa. She previously served as the Program Coordinator for the Middle East and  Haiti before taking a leave to...

Carol is the Director of Development and Communications at Grassroots International. When she started out as an ACORN community organizer in the 1980s, Carol meant to raise hell, not money. Over time, helping movements fund and sustain their work became...

Lydia Simas, Solidarity Program Officer for Special Projects at Grassroots International, has been involved in social justice and community building work since she was a teenager. Before joining Grassroots she worked in organizing retreats and community-building events, teaching English to...

Diana Villa is the Grants Administrator and Solidarity Program Officer at Grassroots International. It was a Chattanooga, TN community service program grounded on respect for all people that sparked Diana’s community driven work. Her subsequent experience as a Bonner Service...

Sam Yoon is the Administrative and Executive Assistant at Grassroots International. Their administrative work has taken them through multiple fields, including telecommunications, veterinary medicine, real estate, and events-organizing at a community library. They are eager to continue expanding this skillset...

Ivan Yung is the Finance Coordinator at Grassroots International. Prior to Grassroots International, he came in with over 10 years of non-profit experience that stretches all the way back to his days in high school as a youth volunteer at...