Amanda Kistler, Program Associate

Ms. Kistler specializes on issues relating to Latin American politics and social movements, with particular focus on how to use the international campaigns and solidarity networks to support and amplify local grassroots organizing. Prior to becoming a program associate, Ms. Kistler worked as the Guatemala Mining Campaigner as a consultant to CIEL from 2010-2011 during which time she coordinated the International Coalition Against Unjust Mining in Guatemala (CAMIGUA) and developed international strategies to compliment grassroots opposition to large-scale mining projects in Mayan-indigenous communities in the Guatemalan highlands.

Previously, Ms. Kistler worked in Guatemala for two years with the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) as an international human rights observer, accompanying human rights defenders throughout the country. She continues to organize locally with NISGUA and currently sits on its Board of Directors.

Ms. Kistler earned a B.A. from Vassar College in Latin American and Latino/a Studies with a concentration in Comparative Political Science.

Ms. Kistler can be reached at akistler@ciel.org.