Sapna Pandya

“Once you know what you like, well, there you are…”

— Grandma Tala from Moana

Expertise: 

  • Strategist, Educator and Advocate: Deep experience using popular education methodologies to build diverse and inclusive participation to further social justice. A critical thinker that employs various strategies to educate and move decision-makers by centering the impact of unjust policies on the lives of their constituents.

  • Workshop Design and Facilitation:  Innovative and interactive workshop design and facilitation, in-person and virtual.

  • Fundraising and Fund Development:  Partner with philanthropy to move funds to frontline communities through transformative and trust-based relationship building. Grassroots fundraising and grant-proposal writing.

Key(s) to Great Client Relationships: Open communication and an alignment of values.

Purpose Statement: My aim is to cultivate innovative safe spaces to prevent future harm to communities of color.

Success Looks Like: A spark ignited; a victory won by those most impacted; sharing joy with community and loved ones; giving oneself space to breathe and grow.

Where I Honed My Craft(s): Check out my LinkedIn here.

What I LOVE: Cooking and EATING any and all things; dancing to anything with a good percussion beat; morning hikes, especially with my nature-loving kiddo leading the way; falling asleep with a good book while swinging in a hammock in the afternoon sun.

Fun Facts: I'm a licensed and registered marriage officiant, providing a progressive, anti-caste, feminist approach to officiating Hindu marriages.