Judah Mendez

Judah is the MERL Specialist supporting a portfolio of privately funded programs as part of our Tech & Data team. He aids in the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of our programs focused on skills training, network development, and mentoring to women leaders worldwide as well as on our Crisis Response program which partners with women leaders to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the rising severity of violence, disasters, and other acute global crises.

Judah comes to VV from organizations providing humanitarian aid to migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and victims of torture and has a long history of coordinating multi-disciplinary teams in quickly-growing programs. His experience includes direct service work, gaining him valuable perspective, but he focuses primarily on back-end support and management of programs that uplift vulnerable populations.

What was the last good book you read?

Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor