Liza Yanovich is a theater actor and education specialist with more than 15 years of combined experience in government institutions, international organizations, philanthropy, and theater. Her vast international experience includes working with diverse stakeholders across disciplines and sectors to address the world’s most pressing and complex issues. Passionate about advancing opportunities for children and youth through education and the creative arts, she currently works as a teaching artist with Arts for Learning Maryland, Imagination Stage, Educational Theatre Company, and Inspired Child. Liza is a creative and skilled facilitator who builds organizational and individual capacity to collaborate, learn, and adapt. Liza’s belief in the power of communities to drive systems change and in engaging existing government structures and the private sector to catalyze social change is a key driver for her work with IYS. Liza loves to work with children, young adults, and educators, and she has extensive experience building relationships and navigating differences with government officials and private sector representatives globally. She thrives in culturally diverse contexts. Liza has extensive experience working resourcefully yet thoughtfully in hard-to-reach communities in West and Central Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Liza is fluent in French, Russian, and English.