Monti Aguirre works to secure the rights of communities in Patagonia, the Andes, and the Amazon as Latin America Program Coordinator for International Rivers. An anthropologist and environmental educator, she has been a tireless supporter of people displaced and massacred for opposing the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala, who, after a decade-long struggle, recently won millions in reparations. She is currently working with indigenous peoples in Ecuador and Peru, and grassroots groups in Colombia, whose communities and rivers are threatened by mega-dams and seeking permanent legal protection for their rivers. She is also co-producer of Amazonia: Voices From the Rainforest. Prior to joining International Rivers, Ms. Aguirre worked with the Environmental Action Coalition and El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in NYC.

Anna Cederstav is one of the two AIDA’s Co-Executive Directors. Having worked for AIDA since 1997, she is responsible for program and organizational development. Anna has significant expertise in the environmental impacts of mining and other extractive activities, as well as marine resource management. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. from Yale University. Anna is based in San Francisco, California, where she also manages the Latin America work of the Earthjustice International Program.