Cofounder/Executive Director, USA

Jackie spent 9 months in La Guajira as a Fulbright researcher conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Wayúu and Afro Colombian communities. Before co-founding One Thread Collective, she was deeply involved in a social movement in response to human rights abuses by a multinational mining corporation. Throughout 2020, she also helped organize a large-scale emergency relief initiative in response to the economic impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable rural communities in La Guajira. 

Cofounder/President, Australia

Megan has spent the past 10 years living between Australia and Colombia, where she has built a career in social enterprise and sustainable community development. After graduating from the University of Sydney with a Master’s of Sustainability in 2018, Megan worked with Wayúu communities in La Guajira as a Sociologist to help to close the gap in public healthcare for Indigenous and migrant communities. Megan has also worked with First Nations communities in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Program Coordinator & Instructor, Colombia

Paula is an artisan, educator, and pioneer of fair trade in Colombia. Originally from Bogota, she moved to La Guajira in 2011 and founded Fundación Talento Colectivo, an organization dedicated to promoting fair trade principles and empowering Wayuu women in vulnerable communities.