Meredith Fabian /mer 'dith f_ ' b__in/ n

1) innovator of quality and equitable social and educational programs for minority youth;

2) Shine - a - Light Fellow at Sao Martinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who assisted the Pedagogy Coordinator in program reform while researching local solutions for ethnic minority street kids and aiding street educators in the development of educational activities;

3) advocate for indigenous educational and cultural rights who has worked with indigenous groups in the Andes Mountains, Amazon Basin and the Amazon Alliance in Washington D.C.;

4) empowering teacher who taught Spanish and Job Skills courses at a charter high school for court-involved youth in Washington D.C. and has training in youth drug and violence prevention;

5) community activist who worked as Community Outreach Coordinator at La Universidad Privada del Norte in Peru while advising university students in the design and implementation of workshops for street kids;

6) summa cum laude graduate from The Ohio State University who currently is working with street kids in New York City and pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Educational Development at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

SYN creative, empathetic, pragmatic, innovative, pro-active ( see supporter of Shine - a - Light’s Indigenous Solutions Project )