Sharon Bissell Sotelo
Acting Director, Mexico Office

Email: sbissell at macfound dot org

Sharon Bissell Sotelo is Acting Director for the Foundation’s Mexico Office and Program Officer for the Foundation’s grantmaking in Population and Reproductive Health, working with organizations in maternal mortality prevention and youth reproductive health promotion. Much of this work centers on indigenous and rural populations in Mexico, and seeks to improve access to and quality of reproductive and sexual health services for women and young people.

She sits on the Technology Grants Committee that supports initiatives to develop and use new technologies to promote social development. Prior to joining MacArthur in 2001, she worked at the Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (Information Group on Reproductive Choice, GIRE), a leading reproductive rights organization in Mexico, and as a consultant for numerous Mexican civil society organizations and networks. She holds a Master’s degree from Tulane University and diploma courses in gender, reproductive health and human rights from El Colegio de México and the Universidad Tecnológica de Monterrey in Mexico.

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