1. Kate Porter Young, Ph.D.
7020 Knotty Pine Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
kate.young47@gmail.com tel. 919 537 2803
Education:
1985 Doctor of Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick New
Jersey, USA
1973 Bachelor of Science, Cultural Anthropology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1966 Vocational Nursing, Smith Hughes School of Vocational Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Related Work & Volunteer Experience
6/2014- 2/4/2015 Monitoring and Evaluation Peace Corps Response Volunteer Guatemala
Federación Comercializadora de Café Especial de Guatemala, Quetzaltenango.
FECCEG is a non-profit organic coffee and sustainable agriculture cooperative
serving 2,000 members (30% women) focused on improving the lives of small
farmers and their families by providing intensive technical assistance in organic
production and diversification women’s capacity building, financial support, micro-
financing, coffee processing, access to fair trade markets.
Projects and Responsibilities:
• Development of databases, data collection systems and monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Training staff in data collection, database management and implementation of surveys, interviews
and other evaluation tools.
11/2010 – 6/2014 Municipal Development Volunteer, Peace Corps Guatemala
Municipal Office of Women’s Affairs, Uspantan, Quiche
The women’s office focuses on defense of women’s rights, protection against
domestic violence, citizen participation and increasing women’s leadership and
productive capacities.
Projects and Responsibilities:
• Implementation of workshops on Women’s Rights, Self Esteem and Domestic Violence
• Implementation of trainings focused on increasing women’s productive capacities.
• Projects with groups of women focused on nutrition, family garden and sustainable agriculture.
• Developed a model school garden and nutrition project which focused on intensive training and
practice with parents of preschoolers in the areas of basic nutrition, health of mothers and young
children, food preparation and balanced meals and vegetable and compost production.

2. 1-2008- 5/2010 Board Member and Consultant, Sister Communities of San Ramon,
Nicaragua Responsibilities: reviewed the non profit’s community development programs,
organizational infrastructure and assisted in the development of a monitoring and evaluation
system.
1/1996 – 8/2007 Founding Director, Little River Family Resource Center
Little River Community Center, Bahama, North Carolina, USA
Responsibilities:
• Program development focusing on early childhood development, school readiness, parenting
education and an integrated Latino family literacy program (preschool, ESL for mothers,
family support , parent education and tutoring of primary school children).
• Fundraising, grant writing and developing sustainable partnerships with the community,
families, organizations, local government and university internship programs.
• Supervision of employees, volunteers and university interns.
• Administration of funds, programs and reporting to foundations, federal/state governments.
• Communications: press releases, newsletters, brochures, and website
• Development of a data base to monitor and evaluate program activities.
• Development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation instruments.
8/1987 – 5/1995 Professor of Anthropology
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Appalachian State University (Boone),
North Carolina State University (Raleigh), Guilford College (Greensboro).
Courses taught: Women and Development, Cultural Anthropology, Race Relations,
Ethnographic Research, Qualitative methods.
6/1966- 7/1988 Licensed Practical Nurse
Hospitals and Community Health Clinics, North Carolina and Georgia
Specialized Skills
• Latino Outreach and Spanish Translation
• Fund raising, grant writing and the development of sustainable partnerships.
• Cross Cultural Ethnographic Research
• Monitoring and evaluation of services and programs in the US and developing countries.
• Program development and project management.
• Grass roots community development
• Training/Capacity building with women in developing countries.
• Non profit management and organizational capacity building in developing countries.

3. • Writing and editing
Technical Skills
Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Google tools.
Idiomas English – native language
Spanish – second language
Work References
George Like, Director, Peace Corps Guatemala. Phone: 011 502 5023 8468;
email: glike@gt.peacecorps.gov
Alene Seiler Martinez, Peace Corp Response Volunteer Program Manager, Guatemala. Phone: 011 502
7828 2568; Email: ASeiler@peacecorps.gov
Betsy Crites, Peace in Action Director, Durham, NC. Phone: 919 381 5969; email: bcrites@sonic.net