Frank Cohn, Founder and Executive Director, Globalhood


Frank holds his Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, specializing in International Social Development and Social Enterprise Administration. In addition to his work as Founder and Executive Director of Globalhood, he also works part-time as the Associate Director of Bushwick IMPACT, a family resource center in Bushwick. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he has worked extensively in the field with marginalized youth, women’s groups, and communities, including a post as Field Director for an NGO in Central America and with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in Social Policy and Development. In 2005 he was the Founding President of the Columbia University Partnership for International Development (CUPID). He brings 10 years of managerial and supervisory experience with Community Service and Development programs, and regularly conducts trainings for human service staff on Communication, Stress Management, and Team Building. He has work experience in 12 countries in Asia and the Americas, and speaks fluent French, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and is functional in Hindi, Haitian Creole, and Italian.

Sasha De la Cruz



Sasha, a native New Yorker of Dominican descent, graduated from Barnard College this May with a B.A in Sociology. At Barnard, she was the senior class representative on the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) advisory board and works as the liaison between the HEOP Students and the administration. She finished her senior thesis on Dominican migration and is very interested in community economic development, infrastructure and migration. Last summer she worked with a non-profit organization that deals with adult literacy in different Bateyes outside of Santo Domingo. Sasha was also the captain of the Columbia Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team for the past two years and also enjoys traveling. She is fluent in Spanish and has a working knowledge of Portuguese.

Jeannie Ferrari, Curriculum Developer



Originally from Detroit, Jeannie was the first person in her family to go to college. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Latin American Literature and Anthropology, where she learned to speak and read Spanish fluently. After a transformative experience teaching English to migrant farm workers, she chose to pursue teaching as a career. After getting certified 6 years ago, she moved to NYC to work in an amazing, teacher-run progressive public high school. During the summer of 2006, she was awarded a New Visions grant to study educational and economic development in Guatemala and Venezuela, which led her to pursue an M.A. in international educational development at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her concentration is in human rights and peace education, and she co-directs a new student organization devoted to social change through the arts. She is committed to serving NYC youth, and looks forward to both teaching and applying to Ph.D. programs in philosophy and urban educational reform this fall. She is excited to be part of Global Potential and hopes all students can have an opportunity like this someday.

Sarah Jane Gluck, 2009-2010 We Are All Brooklyn Fellow



Sarah Jane Gluck recently graduated with a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, specializing in non-profit management and international social welfare. Sarah was a part of Global Potential’s 2008 Pilot Program in Batey 8, Dominican Republic where she worked as a Program Coordinator. She has continued to work with Global Potential throughout the 2008-2009 school year as a part of her fieldwork with the Columbia School of Social Work. In her first year of graduate school, Sarah worked in case management at New Heights Neighborhood Center, a community based organization that provides educational and workforce development opportunities for disconnected youth in the Washington Heights/Inwood area. Before coming to New York, Sarah spent three years in Ecuador as a Youth and Families volunteer where she gained extensive international experience in sustainable community development work with vulnerable populations, especially women, youth, and children. During her time abroad, she co-founded the Ecuadorean non-profit organization, Creando Futuro, which is dedicated to the education, growth, and development of children, youth, and their families in Muisne, Esmeraldas. Sarah also opened up the first Peace Corps program in the Galapagos Islands dedicated to working with marginalized youth and their families on topics such as HIV/AIDS awareness, alcohol/drug abuse prevention, life skills planning, reproductive health/rights, domestic violence, positive communication skills, self-esteem, and nutrition. She received her B.A. in Communications from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She is fluent in Spanish and loves to dance.