Most people find IAWA and then decide to believe in it. Not Carrie Miller Brandt — she believed in our mission and the impact we could have, even before we had a name. She and our Founder, Meisha Robinson met as Peace Corps Volunteers in Benin, West Africa, years before IAWA, and what Carrie saw in those early conversations stayed with her: a woman with a clear-eyed understanding of what young people needed and a relentless determination to do something about it. And when IAWA finally launched, she was already in.

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