Erin Engstran (she/her) is a project associate at ACDI/VOCA and is currently supporting projects in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ethiopia, and the Philippines. Prior to joining ACDI/VOCA in 2021, she attended graduate school where she conducted research on food security, the intersection of humanitarian action and development, and gender and organized the 2020-21 Conference on Gender and International Affairs. Erin holds an MA in humanitarian studies and gender analysis from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA in international studies and political science from the University of St. Thomas. She is proficient in French.