Alina Saucedo Paucara is a former missionary of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church who has served in 12 countries in South America, Central America, Caribbean and Mexico working as an Institutional Advisor, Regional Internal Auditor, trainer-facilitator in project management, financial accountability and as alternative educator and social justice promoter in Methodist Churches, church partners and social and gender justice organizations for over 10 years.  Prior becoming missionary she had broad experience in the church and social organizations, where she has worked particularly in the area of leadership development with young people and women and has been involved in vocational training on a community level. Alina earned a license in Financial Auditing from the University of San Andres, La Paz and studied Business Administration and social psychology in the Bolivian Catholic University also in La Paz. She also became an alternative teacher/facilitator of socially