Meet the Team
Jesús León Monsalve NREMT-A
Co-Director, Emergency Education International
Jesús is a mountain rescuer who has turned his experiences doing technical high altitude rescue in the Andes Mountains into a passion for training and community development. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Universidad de Ejido, Mérida, Venezuela and an associate’s degree in paramedicine from Lane Community College, Eugene, OR. As a firefighter/EMT for McKenzie Fire and Rescue he began collecting used firefighting gear and equipment to donate to Latin American firefighters and from those efforts Emergency Education International was born.
Sarah Swofford MPH, EMT.
Co-Director, Emergency Education International
Sarah has a master’s degree of public health from the University of Missouri, a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from American University and is currently finishing her paramedic. She volunteers as a Firefighter/EMT for McKenzie Fire and Rescue. Sarah spent years working in Bolivia and Mexico for social justice projects. As a public health educator she has worked across the United States in the fields of sexual health, violence prevention, and for organizations that serve people living with HIV/AIDS. She is a writer and is the author of “From Ouch! To Ahhh…The New Mom’s Guide to Sex After Baby.” Sarah has combined her experience and love of projects that promote community resilience, safety and development through education into the building and growing of EEI. She is always looking to integrate social justice perspectives into fields that have traditionally not incorporated them, for example, amplifying the voices, networks, and training of women in fire service.