Camila Alejandra Bernal Fontal
Camila Alejandra Bernal Fontal is a non-profit and international development professional with expertise in program and project management, comprehensive grantmaking, and driving strategic processes. Equity and justice are transcendent core values that inform her approach to co-creating and advancing inclusive place-based solutions, manage projects, support capacity building and reimagine systems to catalyze individual, community and organizational transformation. Camila’s experience as an undocumented immigrant shaped her deep understanding of social, political, and economic inequalities and of how patriarchy and racial capitalism drive the violent disruption of communities around the world. This personal journey led her to develop a powerful social justice framework, which continues to guide her work today.
Before joining Food First, Camila worked as a Program Officer at United Way Miami (UWM), where she managed a significant portion of the portfolio of health impact work and led multiple grantmaking processes, resulting in the allocation of more than $9 million to community based organizations providing direct services. Camila is a first-generation college graduate and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Five College Certificate of International Relations from Mount Holyoke College. She also holds a Master in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
Born in Colombia, Camila migrated to Miami, FL at the age of 7. She currently lives in a 1924 craftsman’s historic home in Jacksonville, FL with her partner Daniel, their daughter Maya, and their dog Lupita. Outside of work, Camila enjoys yoga, pottery, rock climbing, biking and spending time in community.