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It started with a car accident—one that left Osiris Gratacós badly injured and ended the life of her good friend. That experience transformed Gratacós’ into the passionate safety advocate who founded @educacionvialp to improve road safety in Panama City. Her mission? Reduce the frequency of car accidents and cut the fatality rate.⁠ ⁠ But Gratacós couldn’t do it alone. When her one-woman operation struggled to make as strong of an impact as she’d hoped, she collaborated with Project Managers Without Borders (PMWB). The organization’s volunteers apply project management expertise to help solve community challenges, like partnering with Gratacós to develop a business plan—and a future-focused leadership strategy—for her road safety nonprofit.⁠ ⁠ “Now she can focus on deeper things that will have bigger impacts on her goals, like being in on conversations about how laws can be written to see improvements,” says María Laura González, PMP, Latin American community coordinator, PMWB.⁠ ⁠ Get t...

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