BioProfessional Bio
Sierra James, originally from the Seattle area, finished a master’s degree at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York in 2005. Her research interests there included international law, human rights, conflict resolution and education in post-conflict reconstruction.
Between 2003 and 2004 Sierra was honored as a Julie Kidd Fellow for conflict prevention research, a SYLFF Fellow for study in Southeast Asia, and as a Women’s International Leadership Fellow, through which she participated in a year-long leadership training program. Sierra’s background consists of undergraduate academic training focused on peace, diplomacy and security at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. In 1998 Sierra contributed to the confidence-building measures in South Asia project at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington DC. After which she was a legal assistant at a Seattle-based internet company, eNIC Corporation.
From 2000 to 2002 Sierra was the Asia Pacific Coordinator for Earth Day Network. She liaised with NGO and government representatives from the over one thousand network members across the region. During her time with Earth Day Network, Sierra coordinated the Earth Car Free Day campaign partnering with the United Nations to work toward sustainable transportation initiatives helping to build projects in over two-hundred cities worldwide. In this capacity she assisted the United Nations in their first UN Car Free Day project that brought various mayors from Latin America to Bogotá, Colombia to learn from their successful Car Free Day program.
Exhibitions in Timor-Leste
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