Malia Everette
CEO & Founder
Malia has spent more than two decades designing cultural and educational exchanges around the world. She founded AltruVistas in 2013 to bring equity, learning, and community benefit together through travel.
People who believe travel can do more.
Our team brings experience in cultural exchange, responsible tourism, education, communications, philanthropy, and community partnership.
AltruVistas team
Tiare Mataoa
Operations & Oceania Program Director
Tiare helps travelers engage consciously and respectfully within colonized Native lands, bringing a place-based perspective to operations and Oceania programs.
Nora Boxer
Communications Director
Nora is a writer, teacher, and editor who shapes clear, thoughtful communications around AltruVistas journeys, partnerships, and purpose.
Cicely Sanchez
Cuba Program Director
Cicely supports the relationships, logistics, and cultural context that make AltruVistas journeys in Cuba meaningful and well prepared.
Luis Enrique Bazán
Global Immersion Programs & Strategic Partnerships
Luis develops immersion programs and strategic partnerships that connect vocation, values, and meaningful change across communities.
Branden Barber
Fund Director
Branden brings more than 25 years of work in environmental justice and ecosystem protection to the Foundation’s community investment programs.
With gratitude to our alumni.
AltruVistas has been shaped by many program leaders, coordinators, guides, fellows, and collaborators. Their work continues in the relationships and journeys they helped build.
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Whether you’re planning a journey or exploring a partnership, we’ll help you find the right next conversation.