Avery Crews Prado de Lima joined The Patterson Foundation as a Fellow in June 2023. With a joyful spirit and a belief that hard work can create new realities, she worked on various projects and initiatives while building relationships with community members. On June 20, 2024, Avery launched as a Fellow and joined Scholarship America as a Community Engagement Consultant, focusing on supporting a national coalition of more than 400 nonprofits working on the Dollars for Scholars initiative. While working remotely for a national organization, Avery resides in Indiana alongside her husband, José Victor, and frog, Mirtilo.

Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Avery graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and Women’s and Gender Studies from Lindsey Wilson College. Avery served as an AmeriCorps VISTA for Age-Friendly Louisville as the Leadership Coordinator from June 2020 to June 2021. She then received a Master of Arts in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (LFSOP) at Indiana University Indianapolis. While there, she served as the graduate assistant for The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and as an intern for the Steuben County Community Foundation, NeuroChallenge Foundation for Parkinson’s, Lumina Foundation, and the Lemur Conservation Foundation. While at LFSOP, she also completed an Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising (ECRF) from The Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and a Certificate in Fundraising Management (CFRM) from The Fund Raising School.

Avery is delighted to embark on a new adventure and build new relationships with people and organizations nationwide. You can find her in her free time engrossed in a new book and enjoying all that life brings.

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