Fòs Feminista
Kasmelin Velazquez, MBA has a diverse work experience spanning over 15 years. Kasmelin began their career as an Accountant at Ray Furniture's in 2005 and later worked as a Tax Controller Officer at the General Direction of Internal Taxes. In 2007, they joined GlobeStar Mining as a Junior Accountant before transitioning to the role of Tax Associate at ATAX Franchise, Inc. In 2010, they became a Program Coordinator at ACDP Beacon and subsequently worked as an Accountant-Payroll & AP Manager at the Community Association of Progresive Dom. Kasmelin then served as a Bookkeeper at the Law Offices of Michael S. Lamonsoff, PLLC and later as a Financial Analyst at Robert Half Finance & Accounting. In 2016, Kasmelin worked as a Grant Accountant at Morris Heights Health Center before joining the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) as the Manager of Restricted Grants. Kasmelin currently holds the position of Associate Director Grants and Accounting at IPPF/WHR.
Kasmelin Velazquez, MBA earned a Master's Degree in Accounting and Financial Management from Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in 2015. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from UCATECI Dominican Republic in 2006.
Fòs Feminista
Fòs Feminista is as an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive rights and needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Led and governed by the South, Fòs Feminista works with a growing ecosystem of organizations in 35+ countries to provide access to sexual and reproductive health care and to advocate for the sexual and reproductive justice of women, girls, and gender-diverse people to be protected and respected in every dimension of their lives. We recognize that the ability to make free and informed choices about sexual and reproductive health, including to access to safe and legal abortion, is central to their life plans and to achieving sexual and reproductive justice. In 2020, Fòs Feminista undertook a bold process to redefine itself as an anti-racist, anti-ableist, decolonial, and intersectional feminist organization. This transformation laid the foundations for the formation in June 2021 of a new feminist alliance that brings together the work of the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) and the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) under the leadership of Fòs Feminista. Fòs Feminista is integrating the expertise of each organization, bringing together sexual and reproductive health care and education, advocacy for gender and reproductive justice, and trust-based grantmaking to grassroots activists and organizations. The launch of this exciting new feminist alliance will maximize the collective impact of these organizations at a time when the world needs diversity in leadership and an unapologetically feminist voice for sexual and reproductive health and rights in global spaces.