Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno

Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno is an advocate, award-winning book author, and lawyer who has worked globally and in the US on issues of corruption, autocracy, and human rights. She has held senior positions at Human Rights Watch and as executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, at the helm of a team running US national, state, and local campaigns. A Peruvian-American, Maria came of age under the corrupt autocracy of Alberto Fujimori in Peru, and later helped secure Fujimori’s extradition to face trial in Peru for large-scale corruption and abuse. Maria is passionate about working as part of a movement in the US to ensure government is genuinely accountable to the people.