Angela Mahecha Adrar

Angela Mahecha Adrar serves as the Executive Director of Climate Justice Alliance, a 74 member alliance of urban and rural frontline communities, organizations and supporting networks in the climate change movement, and is currently transitioning to a new role as the Environmental Justice Leadership Fellowship Director at the Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School. She has served as a leading member of organizations from the local to the international, including: It Takes Roots, La Via Campesina North America (LVC-NA), US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), Building Equity and Alignment for Impact (BEAI) and the BEAI Fund Advisory Board, US Friends of Movement of Dam Affected Peoples (MAB) and others. She is personally growing the movement with her two children in Miami, Florida.