Alexandra Teixeira

Alexandra Teixeira brings to Third Wave’s board more than eight years of experience working to advance sexual rights and gender justice through progressive philanthropy and international advocacy.

Alex is currently the Philanthropic Partnerships Officer at the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice and on the board of Resource Generation. Prior to Astraea, Alex developed strategies and tools for collaborative sexual rights advocacy within the United Nations as the research and policy coordinator for global advocacy at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC). Alex has served on the NGO Task Force of the Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Women, as an evaluation consultant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and as a program fellow at the Global Fund for Women.

As a part of Third Wave’s board, Alex is deepening her interest in leadership and organizational development.