Invest in International Development Leaders

Atlas Corps Fellows have 3-8 years of nonprofit experience in their home country (India or Colombia), are billingual, and go through a competivite process to be chosen. The Fellows’ average age is 27 years old, they have 3-8 years of social sector experience, they come from five different religious backgrounds, and are all committed to returning to their countries to share what they have learned.

A quote from Senator Wofford: “I salute Atlas Corps’s ‘reverse Peace Corps’ approach towards international development. These leaders are demonstrating how much we can learn from each other and what can be accomplished by working together.” –Senator Harris Wofford, one of the founders of the Peace Corps and member of the Atlas Corps Senior Advisory Board addressing the Atlas Corps Fellows on November 15, 2007

Alejandra Tapia has four years experience working in government, public policy and human rights. Previously, she worked in the Arauca Governor’s Office where she developed a study about citizen security and culture. Alejandra holds a B.S. in political science from the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.

Gargi Saha has more than six years experience in anti-human trafficking. She was a senior program coordinator at CHILDLINE India Foundation. Gargi also assisted in the arrest and prosecution of traffickers, for which she has posed as a decoy client and rescued 15 minors through police raids. She was selected as one of the “50 Dynamic Women” by the U.S. Ambassador in India. Gargi earned her B.A. and M.A. in history from the University of Delhi.