Staff

Jamie L. Connatser
Education Coordinator
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Jamie went on her first Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF) delegation in 2010 and served as a delegation leader in 2011.  She also worked as the Assistant Program Director for ATCF in 2014.  In 2021 she rejoined our staff as Education Coordinator.  

Jamie has extensive experience in the human rights field including one year of international human rights observation and accompaniment in the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó with FOR Peace Presence in Colombia.

Juanita Rivera
Delegation Coordinator 
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Juanita is a Texas State student studying Political Science with a minor in Journalism. She has worked on several campaigns as a canvasser and campaign intern in both Texas and Mexico. Her first delegation will be this upcoming delegation in May 2023.  

Jana Douglass
Program Coordinator
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Jana (they/she/elle/ella) was raised in a working class community of Boston, and is grateful to have developed roots in Austin post-college. Their undergraduate majors were Critical Geography, Latin American and Latinx Studies, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Currently, they are pursuing a Masters in Social Work at UT Austin with a focus in community care, abolitionist praxis, and harm reduction.

Since 2016, Jana has been committed to mutual aid and direct action work across the US and México focussing on migrant justice, LGBTQIA+ liberation, and celebration as resistance. 

Jana is an avid podcast listener, salsa and bachata dancer, artistic dabbler, and proud food service worker.

 


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