Our Specialists.

Manager Shauna Caria

Shauna Caria is a manager on Chemonics’ Gender Equality and Social Inclusion practice. With more than eight years of international development experience in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Africa, and Eastern Europe, Ms. Caria is an expert on disability inclusion, women’s empowerment, mainstreaming gender and social inclusion, combatting gender-based violence, gender and inclusion in conflict, and youth engagement. Prior to joining Chemonics, she led program development at the YWCA, a non-profit that aims to eliminate racism and empower women. She also served in the U.S. Peace Corps in the Philippines teaching remedial education to young deaf adults. As a child of a deaf adult, her first language is American Sign Language. Ms. Caria holds an M.A. in International Relations and Economics with a specialization in Conflict Management from Johns Hopkins and a B.A. from the University of Washington in International Human Rights and Law.