Sarah Proescher – Steering Committee Member

Sarah Proescher, Steering Committe Member

Sarah is a sustainable development practitioner focusing on Education Access.  Based in New York City, Sarah works as the College Access Associate at the East River Development Alliance (ERDAlliance.org) with low-income students hoping to become the first in their families to go to college. Before coming to ERDA, Sarah worked for two years in Nicaragua in sustainable, community-based development. As the Field Director for the Norwalk-Nagarote Sister City Project she oversaw programming for over 150 young people including Academic Reinforcement, After-School Enrichment, Community Education (Life Skills) and Environmental Education. Prior to joining the Sister City Project, Sarah worked for Asociación Tepeyac and Make the Road NY, non-profit community based organizations in New York City, in the areas of health access, labor and education rights with low-income and Latino immigrant communities. During college Sarah spent a year studying in Santiago, Chile and upon completing her degrees worked with a variety of human rights NGOs and indigenous communities affected by displacement in Chiapas, Mexico.

She holds an M.A. in International Affairs (Socio-economic Development) from the New School for Social Research, and B.A. degrees in Social Thought and Political Economy, and Spanish as well as a certificate in Latin American Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.