Staff:
Posibilidad has developed in an organic way.  It began with two sponsored students in 2007.  The Director met those girls in late 2006 and found them to be very worthy of support.  The sponsorship project has grown over the years and in 2012 an assistant, Lydia Mendez-Madriz, was hired.  Lydia is Nicaraguan and bilingual.   The Board of Directors also includes a Secretary and a Treasurer.

Director: 
Recently retired after 28 years providing emergency care, Charlie Janney is a Family Nurse Practitioner. He also has an MSW degree with a speciality in child and family therapy. He participated in a program of assistance on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation sponsored through Boulder Friends Meeting. His research interests include the psychological determinants of political and social behavior. He now devotes much of his spare time to Posibilidad Nicaragüense. Charlie is at bottom right in the 2009 group photo above.

Secretary:
Dan Lindgren is a 17 year resident of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He is married to Jaydee and they have three lovely daughters who are all going to school in Minnesota. Dan has an Economics degree from St. Cloud State University and for the past 25 years he has worked in the mortgage industry. He is a Past President of the Minnesota Mortgage Association. Dan is a golf enthusiast who also enjoys playing softball and volleyball in his spare time. Dan has provided much needed advice on operating a non profit organization.

Treasurer:
Through her organization Growing World Wellness, Lori Lindgren helps to strengthen girls and their communities thereby reducing vulnerability to trafficking. Lori provides yoga classes and wellness training for urban people at risk, and in corporate settings, in order to achieve this goal. She also offers self care classes and retreats for health care providers and for the hardworking staff members of anti-trafficking organizations. Lori's work & study in Oakland, Minneapolis, Cambodia, Nicaragua & Cuba has given her a broad knowledge base including skill in responding to psychic trauma and in applying the principles of Permaculture. 

Nicaraguan Staff:
Hi…. I'm Lydia and I like my job. I have 8 years working as translator, guide and manager.   I´m also a masseuse. My beginnings were very nice, and a little bit difficult, because my family is poor. When I was 14 years old I was studying in secondary school and working with my mom selling tacos on the sidewalk, while saving money for my university studies. At the suggestion of Meg Boren, I became a translator. Meg's NGO, Circle Environment, is located in Illo Aponsentillo, Nicaragua. Her brigades consist of doctors and nurses whose help for poor communities inspires  young Nicaraguans to study nursing and medicine. I have also worked for Amigos for Christ, for the Canadian Lutheran Church and for a Norwegian seafood company, as translator & chief administrator. But now I am enjoying working with teen and young adult girls who are hungry for the opportunity to study for careers that they will like, and that will allow them to help their families & their communities. My hope is that this organization succeeds in making positive changes for our girls and their families. I hope that they will become good citizens and role models. Personally, I hope to return to university to study Social Work.

Nicaraguan Consultant: 
Rossanna Canales has assisted with the Posibilidad project since 2006. Rossanna is bilingual and she has provided translation services as well as facilitating all aspects of our operation prior to the hiring of Lydia as assistant in 2012.   Rossanna is a gifted musician and two of her songs may be heard on the Nicaraguan Music Sample page. Rossanna is pictured at far left in the 2009 group photo above.