Meet The Team!
Malia EveretteCEO and Founder of AltruVistas
From 1997-2012, Malía Everette was the Director of Global Exchange’s popular and rapidly expanding Reality Tours program. Read More.
Yury GuerraEcuador Program Director
Yury Guerra is an Ecuadorian organizer who lived for twelve years in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Major in Social Anthropology. Read More.
Cicely Sanchez Cuba Program Director
Cicely supports the dynamic exchanges of our AltruVistas Journeys in Cuba. Read More.
Nora BoxerCommunications Director
Nora is a writer, creative writing teacher, and editor. Her writing and travel lives have continued to intertwine, via a pilgrimage to Rumi’s tomb and an art residency in Istanbul, and through receiving a literary grant that took her for six months to East Africa. Read More.
Victoria OdsonGraphic Designer
Victoria visually communicates messages with a commitment to quality and time efficiency. Read more.
Branden BarberFund Director
Branden has been in service to our planet’s ecosystems and environmental justice for over 25 years. Read More.
Altru-Alumni
AltruVistas honors and thanks members for their previous contributions to our team.
Lala NussHawaii Program Director
Self-identified as “a glocal,” born & raised on the coastal plains of Ewa Beach on the island of Oahu and the slopes of Mauna Kea in Hilo on Hawai’i Island. Read More.
Natalia PoidaOperations and Education Journeys Coordinator
Natalia Poida is an international school educator from San José, Costa Rica, with 15 years of teaching experience at the French American International School in Portland, Oregon. Read More.
Rosalyn Salters AcostaOperations Director of AltruVistas
Rosalyn maintains professional backgrounds in both ecotourism and the arts (dance) – the integral components of EcoArts Tours. Read More.
Molly ShaneCommunity Impact Coordinator
Molly Shane is a dedicated environmental professional with a proven background in community outreach, education, and event planning. She is passionate about using travel and tourism to support environmental conservation and community-led development. Read More.
Sam ChenMarketing Project Manager
Sam LOVES to explore new places and cultures and her passion for travel has taken her to all seven continents. Read More.
Heather DuplaisirLogistics Specialist
Heather has a Masters of Science in Recreation from SFSU, where her focus was on sustainable tourism. Read More.
Tex DworkinMarketing Consultant
Tex believes that business and travel can be a force for positive change in the world. Read More.
JoAnn De JesusPublic Relations Director
JoAnn shares AltruVistas’ passion for adventure and love of travel. Read More.
Cassidy Kropfl-GonzalesOperations Director
Cassidy Kropfl-Gonzales is a senior at San Francisco State University studying tourism. Read More.
Claudia BoveroIntern
Graduate of San Francisco State University Claudia Boverois.
Jill HuinderProgram Director Assistant