Meet the Executive Team

  • Program Director

    Daniela García joined the International Youth Coalition as its director at the beginning of 2022. Born and raised in Colombia, she graduated from Universidad del Norte as a Social Communicator and Journalist in 2019.

    Daniela is passionate about youth and deeply believes that mobilizing them in the defense of the values of life and family can truly make a difference in the world. She also enjoys creating and telling stories that can lead to conversations, and most important, action.

    Daniela currently lives in Barranquilla, on the northern coast of Colombia where she resides with her family.

  • US Capitol Correspondent

    Emmanuele Da Ponte joined the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) in the summer of 2023 as the Associate Director of Government Relations. He has two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Philosophy and History of the Social Sciences. His main focus is advising and building relationships with Congress and the United Nations to promote truly just legislation that defends and uphold human dignity and family rights.

    Emmanuele has lived and travelled to six of the seven continents. He spent four years in Israel, where he learned Levantine Arabic, and Hebrew. He is also proficient in Italian, English, and Spanish. In 2020 he taught a semester of Tanakh (Biblical Hebrew) for a class of seminarians in Connecticut.

    When he is not dedicating his time to C-Fam’s important mission, Emmanuele cherishes moments spent with his beloved wife and cello. His journey has shaped him into a compassionate and determined advocate for life, bringing his unique experiences and skills to serve a cause he holds near and dear to his heart.

  • Associate Director

    Iulia Cazan joined the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) in the summer of 2023 as Associate Director of UN Government Relations and International Youth Coalition (IYc) in NY. She graduated from Drexel University in June 2023 with a degree in Political-Science and minors in French and Philosophy. As an international student from Romania, Iulia used her undergraduate experience in the United States to develop a conceptual understanding of what good governance entails. Iulia gained legislative experience while working for the PA House of Representatives and had the chance to help strengthen the relationship between the government and the larger community it serves while working in the non-profit sector. An activity she cherished during her senior year was joining weekly philosophical seminars and book clubs at the Collegium Institute, where, together with a cohort of intellectually curious students, she explored the connections between the legal field, virtue, theology, and the works of ancient and medieval philosophers.