Advisory Board Members
Alexandra Garita
Alexandra Garita serves as executive director of Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds, which is committed to resourcing women, girls, and trans people’s organizations, activists, movements, and their communities around the world. Alex is a feminist activist committed to advancing women’s and LBT persons’ human’s rights. She has protested, written, and advocated for bodily autonomy, sexual and reproductive health and rights, climate justice and gender equality throughout her life. At Prospera, she is focused on influencing funding flows to become more democratic and just. Prior to joining Prospera, Alex served in senior leadership in various Mexican feminist organizations. She was also the founder and first executive coordinator of Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) for five years. Prior, Alex worked as senior program officer, International Policy, with the International Women’s Health Coalition and led the international advocacy program at IPPF/Western Hemisphere Region. Alex also formed part of Decidir (Choice: Youth Coalition for Sexual Citizenship) where she advocated for young people’s rights to safe and legal abortion in Mexico City prior to the liberalization of the law. Alex has also worked at the Mexican Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and with the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Reproductive Health Matters and holds a B.A. in international relations from Boston University and an M.A. in the theory and practice of human rights from Essex University.