- Mary Graham
Mary Graham founded Practical Small Projects in hopes of facilitating infrastructure and enterprise projects that motivate locals to view themselves as capable entrepreneurs who can develop their own countries. After attending a solar energy workshop in Mexico and witnessing the ability of Nicaraguans to generate income by establishing micro-enterprises using solar energy, she was inspired to introduce this work in Mali, Africa.
Mary is a Fulbright Fellow and holds an MA in International Policy Studies from The Monterey Institute of International Studies.
At MIIS, Mary specialized in international negotiation and analyzed governmental and international organizations’ programs focusing on micro-enterprise development and solar energy in China, India and West Africa. She was motivated by the belief that people living in remote villages are capable of developing their own businesses and becoming self-sufficient in the process of doing so.
She has lived and worked in seven countries, and speaks English, Spanish, and French. She has an exceptional capability for understanding and relating effectively both to English-speaking people as well as people of other cultures and languages.
