Mandy Meyrer (Ham)

Mandy (she/her/hers) graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Journalism and a second field in Communications and Sociology. During her studies, she was actively involved with organizations that were fighting human trafficking locally and internationally and spent time in different parts of India. After college, she worked for a local Colorado nonprofit, The Matthews House, as the Volunteer and HOST Home Coordinator helping youth that were transitioning out of the foster care system. In 2018, Mandy moved to Cebu, Philippines to serve with International Justice Mission (IJM) for one year. IJM is an international organization that works to protect vulnerable people from violence. In Cebu, she worked in communications, advocacy and partnerships to help protect children from online sexual exploitation. Afterwards, she moved to Washington DC to work on IJM's Asia Pacific team establishing advancement and fundraising offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Korea. Mandy is in the Global Pathway of the MSW program and is eager to gain skills that will allow her to continue working with vulnerable populations globally, specifically, developing and implementing trauma-informed, sustainable, evidence-based aftercare services and standards for victims of violence.