Sarah Schmidt - Chair
is a graduate engineer (physics) and is doing her doctorate in Trondheim (Norway) on the topic of sustainable consumption and energy consumption.
She has been volunteering in Latin America since 2007 and is a co-founder of the Puente Nica association
As the central contact person for the work of Puente Nica, she has headed the association since 2012.
Contact: s.schmidt (at) puentenica.com
Leonie Hafen - Deputy Chair
From 2013 to 2014 spent one year in Nicaragua as part of a weltwärts volunteer service and worked there at La Casita del Árbol in Tipitapa. She has been an active member of Puente Nica since 2015 and has been coordinator of the South-North exchange since 2018 after various activities.
Leonie studies Spanish and art as a teacher in Münster.
Contact: l.hafen (at) puentenica.com
Lea-Sophie Kern - Public Relations, Coordination of public relations
was volunteer for the project La Casita del Árbol for one year from 2012 to 2013 and has been a member of Puente Nica since 2015. In 2015 she became part of the team on Scholarships and has headed it since 2018.
She coordinates the tasks of the team Scholarships in Germany and is responsible for fundraising and is in regular contact with the scholarship holders in Nicaragua.
Lea-Sophie studies psychology in Erlangen. She is active on the board since 2020
Contact: l.kern (at) puentenica.com
Dr. med. Anja Vigenschow - Secretary, Fundraising Coordination
is a medical doctor and did a voluntary service in the Casita del Árbol from 2011-2012.
Since the foundation of Puente Nicas, she has been the secretary on the board.
She is currently responsible for coordinating fundraising activities also the South-North exchange.
Contact: a.vigenschow (at) puentenica.com
Simon Hempel - Treasurer
is a physiotherapist and lived in Nicaragua for a total of 18 months between 2011 and 2013.
There he completed a voluntary social year and lived after a short return to Germany
another six months on site.
He is co-founder of Puente Nica eV and responsible for the association's finances.
Contact: s.hempel (at) puentenica.com
