Ruthly Cadestin is an advocate, storyteller, entrepreneur, creator, and servant for the global community. She has a strong interest in international development, post-conflict and reconciliation, and anti-human trafficking efforts. Ruthly Cadestin is dedicated to maintaining peace, promoting sustainable development, and protecting human rights. She assisted in many projects pertaining to international development and studied in Thailand and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ms. Ruthly Cadestin also worked on several initiatives focused on community and women empowerment, education reform, economic equality, and human rights. Moreover, she is an artist and consultant. Ms. Ruthly Cadestin attended King's College, and there she received a B.S. in International Business and two minors in History and Economics. Furthermore, she received her M.A. at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, in which she specialized in Human Rights and International Law and Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Sustainability. Currently, she sits on the Board of Directors of Investor Advocates for Social Justice (IASJ), an organization representing investors with faith-based values who seek to leverage their investments to advance human rights, climate justice, racial equity, and the common good. Ms. Ruthly Cadestin is dedicated to promoting the common good for global citizens through economic, social, political, and artistic avenues.All in all, Ms. Ruthly Cadestin has played many roles, which include being a Community Organizer for Common Cause New York, an Executive Editor for the Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, and an English Teacher Volunteer with the Rotaract Chapter of the Webster University of Thailand. Lastly, she is the former Treasurer, State and Regional Board Member of Citizen Action of New York, a grassroots organization taking on issues that are at the center of transforming society.