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Creating agents of change in El Salvador with sustainable wearable art

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Inspired by her inclusive mission, the YLAI Network team asked her a few questions about how she advocates for and empowers members of her community and how she recommends you become an agent of change. These include single mothers, deaf-mute women, former prisoners, and women living in vulnerable communities in our country.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions.

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One woman’s path to financial empowerment leads the way

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love. Create community.

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Meet the man empowering young leaders by starting with their computer repairs

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

On top of his demanding work of technology repairs, Janeel has made the time to discover new ways to help others as a radio personality and program director at Dominion Radio since 2015 with his program IT Talks. Why do you think it is important to educate the community about technology? . IT is everything. government.

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How adaptability during a pandemic transformed this YLAI Fellow’s Honduran sustainability company

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

In 2015, she was able to merge these two passions together to create her company, Beleaf. This revealed a much larger problem in Cinthya’s community and country: “clothing is the second-most environmentally-harmful industry, right after oil,” says Cinthya. By Angie Garozzo. What’s in the future for Beleaf?

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Guild Education valued at $3.75 billion with newest round

TechCrunch

Guild Education, which pairs employees with employer-sponsored learning opportunities, has raised $150 million in a Series E round. But Guild CEO and co-founder Rachel Carlson, who started the company in 2015 with classmate Brittany Stich, warned that lifelong learning post-pandemic isn’t a simple goal.

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Feeding the Hungry, Despite National Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This is just the latest example from many years the Karma Foundation has been making a difference in the community. Karma Foundation is primarily focused on community development across the entire socio-economic spectrum. Since October 2015, we’ve fed approximately 50,000 people. Tell us more about Karma Foundation.