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Frieda McAlear (She/They)

Senior Research Associate

Frieda McAlear is the Senior Research Associate, where she brings her skills as a social science researcher and her passion for working with and for marginalized and underrepresented communities, at the Kapor Center. She has nearly a decade of experience managing projects, developing evaluation and research methodology and building nonprofit technology capacity with socially progressive organizations in the Bay Area, Europe and Southern Africa.

In 2013, she worked as an evaluator for an HIV/AIDS clinic serving villages in Lesotho and as a Program Coordinator for ZeroDivide in San Francisco in 2014. She holds a Master of Research in Geography from Queen Mary University of London, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Vesalius College in Brussels. She has nearly a decade of experience managing projects, developing evaluation and research methodology and building nonprofit technology capacity with socially progressive organizations in the Bay Area, Europe and Southern Africa.

Other Team Members

  • kadeem palacios

    Kadeem Palacios

    Tech Solutions Engineer Kapor Foundation

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  • Dinah Consuegra

    Chief of Staff and Learning Kapor Foundation

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  • Kalisha Davis

    CS Equity Curriculum Project Director Kapor Foundation

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  • Lisa Cruz Novohatski

    Senior Data & Insights Analyst Kapor Foundation

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