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Silvia Fernandez is a Program Director at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. In this capacity, Ms. Fernandez oversees the Coalition’s Project Support Fund, intended to provide holistic support to member sites, combining financial support, methodological resources, advocacy and promotion, and manages the European and Latin-American Sites of Conscience networks. A seasoned program manager, Ms. Fernandez has led the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of numerous educational human rights and social justice programs around the world. Within the programs and tools that Ms. Fernandez assists to develop, she is most interested in the use of media, art and culture to shape public perception and effect positive social change. Ms. Fernandez holds a MA in International Education with an emphasis on Human Rights and International Development Education from New York University (USA) and a BS (Social Sciences) in Politics and International Relations from University of Southampton (United Kingdom).