Alexandra Teixeira

Alexandra Teixeira "brings to Third Wave’s board more than eight years of experience working to advance sexual rights, gender justice, and women’s rights at the national, regional and international levels.

"Alex is currently the Philanthropic Partnerships Officer at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Prior to Astraea, she developed strategies and tools for collaborative sexual rights advocacy within the United Nations as the research and policy coordinator for global advocacy at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Alex has served on the NGO Task Force of the Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Women, as an evaluation consultant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and as a program fellow at the Global Fund for Women.

"As apart of Third Wave’s board, Alex is deepening her interest in leadership theory, organizational development, and sustainable activism. Alex is completing a master’s degree in International Affairs at Columbia University."