Evelina Fisher is a health development professional who brings global perspectives to Colorado College. As Technical Advisor for youth work at Ipas, an international non-governmental reproductive justice organization, Evelina developed and coordinated multisectoral programs across countries in Africa and Asia building community and health systems capacity to advance young people’s health and well-being. She ushered in youth participation in programming through values clarification, attitude transformation, and stigma reduction, and had the privilege of mentoring an international youth delegation that advocated for Sexual and Reproductive Rights at the United Nations General Assembly. While at the Children's Hospital of Colorado, she worked on a youth suicide prevention program providing health coaching and Social and Emotional Learning services to K-12 populations. Evelina is known as someone who believes in the changemaking power of hearing and elevating people’s stories creating connection through our shared humanity. A first-generation student, Evelina holds a Scottish MA in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom, and she has completed postgraduate training in Public Health and Health Psychology at Mid-Sweden University in her home country of Sweden.
