EP 11: Empowering Girls to Lead with Trevor Patzer

Today’s guest is Trevor Patzer, founder of Little Sisters Fund, a nonprofit with the mission to help economically disadvantaged Nepalese girls to become empowered leaders through education, mentoring, and community support.  

In this episode, Trevor and I are talking about the importance of opportunity for girls in Nepal and how over the last 22 years Little Sisters Fund has provided thousands of girls protection, education, mentorship and opportunity. 

Episode Highlights

• Trevor’s path to a world class education
• The importance of education for girls in Nepal
• Girls don’t need help, they need opportunity
• The impact on menstruation on girls in Nepal
• How the Little Sisters Fund began
• Providing opportunity, stability and mentoring 
• The 25, 27 Manthra 
• What happens when you educate one girl
• The progress in Nepal 
• A day in the life of a girl in Nepal 
• The higher opportunity education fund
• The cost of education in Nepal
• The three pronged partnership
• Mentorship and seeing the path
• Sponsoring a girl

About Trevor

Trevor Patzer is co-founder of the Little Sisters Fund, Inc. He continues to work as our full-time Executive Director and Secretary. He has received multiple honors for his work with the Fund.

Prior to launching the Little Sisters Fund, Trevor managed 5-star spa projects in Bhutan and the Maldives. He began his professional career at Andersen Consulting and worked for the teacher placement agency Carney Sandoe & Associates.  Trevor also spent two years in admissions at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA.

Trevor loves the outdoors and is at home in any mountain range, from the Himalayas to the Rockies. He is also passionate about travel and experiencing new cultures. Trevor speaks French, has a working knowledge of Spanish, and has basic abilities in Nepali and Hindi.

Above all, Trevor is a family man. He is very happily married and is a very proud father.

Born and raised in Sun Valley, Idaho, Trevor holds a Masters in Educational Administration from the University of Virginia and is a graduate of Brown University and of St. Paul’s School.

Connect With Trevor

• The Little Sisters Fund
• The Little Sisters Fund on Facebook

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