Kjerstin's Bio

At just 23 years old, Kjerstin Erickson has headed an international non-profit for over three years. In 2003, as a twenty year-old junior at Stanford University, Kjerstin created FORGE to serve a dire need that no other non-profit was tackling: transforming the lives of refugees through education, empowerment, and economic self-sufficiency.

After traveling in more than forty countries across the globe and making eleven trips to Africa, Kjerstin is convinced of the urgent need for FORGE to expand its supremely effective community development programs and operational efficiency to every country requiring post-conflict solutions.