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Ashley Akins, Mosquoy Founder: Ashley "Ashli" Akins is the founder of Mosquoy, a charitable organization that offers remote communities in the Peruvian Andes opportunities for economic development while nurturing their indigenous cultures. Arriving in Peru as as 21-yearold student backpacker, Akins saw the potential for an organization such as Mosquoy and, with friends, set about creating it. Educated at the University of Victoria and in international development at Oxford University in England, Akins, who is the daughter of two professional concert violinists, brings a talent and passion for music and the arts to her work in Mosquoy.