Claudia Romeu is the Program Manager at Rise Up. Rise Up advances health, education and equity by enabling girls, youth and women to transform their own lives, communities and countries. Rise Up invests in visionary leaders, local organizations and innovative solutions to achieve large-scale change through leadership development, advocacy capacity building, grantmaking and effective storytelling. Since 2009, Rise Up’s powerful network of over 500 leaders has directly benefited 7 million girls, youth and women, and advocated for over 100 laws and policies impacting 115 million people in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the US.