Florencia Varela (she/her) is the Senior Manager of Leadership Giving at USA for UNFPA, where she cultivates and stewards major gifts relationships in support of global sexual and reproductive health and rights. In her role, Florencia builds meaningful and intentional relationships to advance organizational growth and sustainability.

Florencia is a nonprofit professional, with extensive experience across social impact, resource mobilization, and the arts. She honed her relationship-building, fundraising, and strategy skills for almost two decades at organizations such as Peace is Loud, PEN America, the Rubin Museum of Art, Nitehawk Cinema, and the Poetry Society of America. Florencia has dedicated her career to supporting gender justice, reproductive justice, freedom of expression, and underrepresented artists and storytellers. A lifelong advocate of social justice, Florencia approaches all her work with values of solidarity and care, centering the power of collective action and mobilizing.

Florencia holds an MFA from Columbia University, and a BA in English and International Studies from SUNY Binghamton. She serves on the boards of The Future of Film is Female and the Global Impact Producers Alliance. Florencia was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a published poet, and currently resides in the Hudson Valley with her family.