Lea Arilala Razanamaria

Lea Arilala Razanamaria has seven years of experience in rural development, tourism, and land management. Lea Arilala Razanamaria currently works as an environment and standardization officer and interim director of the Ministry of Tourism in Alaotra Mangoro region. In this role, she focuses on the formulation of regional planning for tourism development by gathering all stakeholders in order to define the vision of sustainable development. She also helps private investors meet the standards required for tourism. As a founder and team leader of ADM Association (Actions for the Development of Madagascar), she volunteered by organizing youth-education orientation activities and women-leadership camps in the Alaotra area. She holds a master’s degree in Geography, Environment and Land Management from the University of Antananarivo. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship(Africa), Lea will run an educational campaign for girls based about ‘sugar daddies’ and also a women’s empowerment training program.