President and CEO –Andrew heads day-to-day operations outside of Uganda and serves the key contact for educational partnerships, collaborations, and fundraising. He holds a MA in Environment Development from the U.N. University for Peace where his research focused on sustainable food systems and a practical pedagogy related to empowering youth in agriculture. His worldview was greatly enhanced during his undergrad years (Taylor University) as he traveled to over twenty-five countries, participated in short-term service in remote areas of Bolivia and Kenya, and circumnavigated the globe as a student with the Semester at Sea program. With such exposure, his notion of social responsibility grew to encompass the global village. After contemplating, with whom shall I walk and for whom shall I advocate long-term?, Briggs learned about “Africa’s longest war” and the oppression endured by the children of Northern Uganda. He resigned from alternative school teaching in 2006, undertook research in Northern Uganda, and founded Freedom In Creation (FIC) in January, 2007. Briggs has served as a contributing artist, lecturer, panelist, and/or scholar-in-residence at embassies, universities, galleries, and with humanitarian organizations. His favorite opportunity to represent FIC was as guest lecturer with Semester at Sea on their 2011 transatlantic voyage with ports in St. Louis, Dominica, Manaus, Brazil, Cape Coast, Ghana, and Capetown, South Africa. He is husband to Abbie and father to Tobias, Jacob, and Naomi, all of whom were born in Costa Rica.