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ALEX BALL
Founder, President and Board Chair (Peru/U.S.)

Alex spends most of the year in the Sacred Valley overseeing the project and helping to coordinate growth and improvement of the dormitory. A graduate of Brandeis University, Alex has worked leading service trips to Peru and Costa Rica since 2005. He has traveled extensively throughout South and Central America including time building houses with Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica and studying the Landless Workers Movement in northeastern Brazil. Alex has an intimate knowledge of the Sacred Valley and has worked with local communities and the regional government in efforts to improve rural sanitation, build infrastructure for sustainable economic development and install electricity in rural communities.