Ana Ugalde Gamboa, originally from Guanecaste, Costa Rica, joined the FIRE staff in October, 1999 as Executive Coordinator of the Office. Before coming to FIRE, Ana worked with the Embassy of Denmark as an administrative assistant with their programs on human rights and democracy throughout Central America. Prior to that job, Ana worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Central America.
In talking about what working at FIRE means to her, Ana says, "I feel that the Associacion de Comunicaciones – Feminist Interactive Radio Endeavour gives me the opportunity to put into creative practice my skills in administrative support in an historic moment in which I know that women can act as as spiders, to take out from their insides the thread to weave new universes... especially now that we have the Web..."