Lorena Gonzalez is the Director of Institutional Giving for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, where she manages grants and cultivates relationships with funders. She comes from a public health and development background working predominantly on humanitarian aid, gender equity and human rights program development and grant writing. Lorena has 14 years’ ‘experience in developing organizational programs, securing funding, designing projects and supporting monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure accountability to target populations. Previously, Lorena worked with the National Foundation for Development and Humanitarian Response based in Yemen as the Programs’ Advisor and Development Specialist, and has had the honor of working with a multitude of organizations internationally, located in Northern Ireland, the Netherlands, Egypt, India, and Burkina Faso. She has an MPH from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and served for 3 years in Burkina Faso as a Peace Corps Volunteer.