German Velasco is Co-founder of Colorado-based non-profit La Mano Amiga (The Helping Hand), an organization devoted to life-advancement education of under-served individuals living in the US. German also founded Velasco Outreach, offering cross-cultural competency training, conflict resolution services, facilitation, and leadership coaching. Velasco Outreach is an accredited sponsor of the Legal and Judicial Continuing Education Program for the State of Colorado Supreme Court and the State of Nevada.
German has extensive urban and regional planning experience, having worked for the World Bank in Latin America and served at several public posts in Bolivia, including under the Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Governor of the State of La Paz.
Educated in the US and in South America, German holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design and Planning from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres. He also completed the Program for Advanced Studies at California University in Novato, California.