Our team in the US

Tara Blasco

Tara is the GRA Director for programs related to tree planting, permaculture, alternative health, malaria prevention, education and orphans support.  She has been involved with the organization since 2003 and has served on the Board of Directors since 2004.

She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a specialty in prenatal and birth psychology from Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

A native of Spain, Tara has been working as a volunteer for different non-profit organizations since she was 14 years old. She also works as a counselor for families, is a craniosacral therapist and a director of the BEBA clinic, a center for family therapy in Santa Barbara and Ojai.

Presently, Tara lives in California with her husband Lyn Hebenstreit.

Lyn Hebenstreit

Lyn founded Global Resource Alliance in 2002 after volunteering for a small community service organization in the Lake Victoria region of Tanzania.  With a background in accounting, he has trained and supervised the accounting staff in Tanzania and acted as Director of GRA’s rural water supply project until its termination in 2018.

Lyn has also taught meditation since the early 1970s.

Monica Marshall

Monica has volunteered for GRA since 2002, and has served on the GRA Board of Directors since 2005. Monica assists in fundraising, administration and supports Lyn and Tara in their roles as Directors of GRA's many programs.  She is the mother of two young children and works as a non profit bookkeeper.