Henry Blinoff was born in Santa Rosa, California, and spent his childhood raised in the small mountain town of Truckee. He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of California, Irvine. His experience and close relationship with the Traditional Medicinals tea company has lead him in a direction to pursue community-led development. Before joining the MDP program, Henry interned with the Traditional Medicinals Foundation, working on a WASH project on the island of Catanduanes, Philippines. Henry also had the opportunity to study abroad during his undergraduate education at the University of Ghana in Accra, where he undertook an internship in social microfinance. He plans to use the skills he obtains in the MDP program to work on public health development projects involving WASH and the neglected tropical diseases and to ensure that projects are community-led. In his free time, Henry enjoys anything outdoors, including swimming, kayaking, hiking, skiing, and self-care through yoga and meditation.

Natalia was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She started her MDP Master’s studies at Los Andes University in Bogotá, has a postgraduate degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and a bachelor's in Political Science from the same University. She teaches adaptive leadership in two universities in Bogotá. She has been working with Colombia's armed conflict victims for more than 6 years and has contributed to the peacebuilding process by working on the Peace Leadership Academies held by Compaz Foundation (created by ex-president Juan Manuel Santos). Working with victims and people of rural areas made her interest in health and wellbeing increase and become a relevant aspect of her professional career. She worked more than four years in the public sector, and during 2018, Natalia was an advisor for the Board of Directors of the Bogota City Council. During the time at the Peacebuilding Observatory of the Tadeo Lozano’s University, she co-authored the Montes de María chapter in the research paper “PIET: Integral Presence of the State in Territory. Lessons Learned for Colombia in 2014.” Her passions are running, reading, photography, teaching, and motivational speaking.

Madeline Steiner is a native of Ventura, California. She attended the University of California Davis, receiving her Bachelor of Science in International Agricultural Development. She has worked as an Agro-Ecological Food Security Advisor in Madagascar as a Peace Corps volunteer, as Head of Procurement at a wholesale seed sales company, and as Farm Administrator at a small farm that supported a farm-to-table restaurant in California. She has also completed international consultancy assignments through The John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program​. Madeline’s interest in development and agriculture began while she was attending culinary school at the age of eighteen. Interest in the origins of different kitchen ingredients led to her passion for agriculture as she learned more about the agricultural supply chain and the global effort that goes into our food system. She has continued to develop her knowledge of, and passion for, sustainable agricultural development, promotion of food security, gender equality, public health education, and environmental sustainability. She is eager to help solve critical issues in development practice in the USA and developing countries. Madeline also enjoys traveling, experimenting in the kitchen, and spending time with her family.

Darnesha Tabor, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, earned her bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences from the University of Missouri in 2016. After graduating, she interned with the US House of Representatives. She then worked at the National Head Start Association promoting policy change and managing content to ensure that vulnerable children and their families could better access comprehensive early childhood education and quality health services. She served as a Community HIV Outreach Specialist with the United States Peace Corps in South Africa from 2018 to 2020. In this role she worked with local counterparts to implement training that strengthened community-based organizations. Her collaboration with these organizations sought to reduce HIV prevalence and poor health outcomes among youth and their families. Her experiences in this role solidified her belief that inadequate development practices are directly linked to health disparities, leading her to pursue studies in development practice. Darnesha is interested in researching the link between sustainable development and health outcomes. With MDP, Darnesha looks forward to learning methods and skills to effectively monitor and evaluate sustainable development programming. In her free time, Darnesha enjoys traveling, gardening, live music, writing poetry and listening to podcasts.