Gabriela Avila 
Quito, Ecuador

A university student, Gabriela speaks fluently in English, French, Italian, and Spanish, her mother tongue.  Recently, she helped organized 23 regional Youth Forums and a National Youth Forum in Equador.  In particular, she contributed to the creation of a youth political agenda which was delivered to the leading candidates for President of Ecuador.  She also worked in garnering youth support for the "Clean Hands Movement," which fights against political corruption.

Gabriela likes to read, exercise and travel.  She likes all kinds of music. 

When asked to describe herself in five words, Gabriela chose warm, generous, hard worker, good friend, and good listener.