Sergio Jesus Romero Alvarado - Nicaragua
Sergio manages CTI's safe water program in Nicaragua, where he helps rural communities gain affordable, clean drinking water. He trains village leaders to install CTI’s water chlorinators and test their water to ensure it’s safe to drink. Sergio’s tireless efforts for the health of rural communities has earned him respect among village leaders, enabling CTI to provide sustainable, safe drinking water for more than 100,000 people.
Prior to joining CTI in 2009, Sergio led a 20 year career in public health as an epidemiologist with the Matagalpa Department of the Ministry of Health. He graduated with a degree in Professional Hygiene and Epidemiology from the Cienfuegos Health Polytechnic Institute in Cuba in 1985.
Collaborating Organizations
Breadfruit Institute of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Emerging Opportunities for Sustainability (EOS)
Feed My Starving Children
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
The International Sorghum and Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL)
Lutheran Aid to Medicine in Bangladesh
Meds & Food for Kids
National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tumaini University Institute of Agriculture
University of Saint Thomas, School of Engineering