Rachel is a young leader with a history of championing social impact causes. Working across sectors, she developed and implemented projects to advance progress in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
As Foundations Partnerships Consultant at UNICEF USA (UUSA), Rachel supports a $300M portfolio by working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, UN Foundation, and other foundations directly to advance UUSA’s role in their efforts in achieving global public health, climate action, and innovation impact for youth worldwide.
Rachel has held many appointments including, but not limited to, the following: U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Next Gen Global Leader, Foreign Policy for America NextGen Initiative member, AFS Intercultural Programs 28th Youth Assembly Ambassador, YOUNGA Youth Delegate, One Young World Youth Digital Delegate, UNITE 2030 Youth Delegate, Youth Delegate for the 27th Youth Assembly, young alumni advisory board member for Purdue University’s Vice Provost for Student Life, and strategic advisor to InternetBar.Org Institute.
Receiving numerous accolades, Rachel’s latest award is the distinguished 2023 Purdue Rising Professional honor. With this most recent recognition, she is becoming one of Purdue University’s most decorated young alumni with over 10 honors and scholarships presented to her throughout her Boilermaker journey.
Julia is a youth advocate committed to empowering youth around the world, transforming the private sector, and much more. She currently works in sustainable finance and is passionate about the private sector's role in financing climate solutions and social impact initiatives.
She is graduate from Columbia University with a Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Development, while also studying Mandarin, Korean, and French. During her time at Columbia, Julia was captain of the NCAA D1 Women's Swim Team, in addition to a 2018-2019 Executive Board member of Columbia's LIGA Filipina. She was a Zhi-Xing US-China Young Leaders Fellow in Summer 2018 where she participated in geopolitical and economic development programming. Julia has been part of Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society as a data analyst on the ACToday-Bangladesh project team working to improve climatic variability solutions for small-landholders in Bangladesh.
Beyond her professional commitment, she has been involved in many youth engagement initiatives around the world. She served as a US Core lecturer in Harvard’s Summit for Young Leaders in China in 2020 and 2021 where she taught Climate Change-Development Economics and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In Spring 2021, she founded the Sustainable Ocean Alliance NYC Hub working to bring awareness and drive innovation for local marine ecosystems in the New York City region. She is a 2021 speaker at the Wall Street Green Summit. She is also a listed mentor for The Trebuchet.
Julia is committed to mobilizing SDG 18 Youth Equity around the world.
Founder and President, Fashion Community Foundation
Senior Partner, ESG, Oxford Global Accelerated Ventures
Founder and CEO, Carii, Inc.
Board of Trustees, Appel Farm