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First time I've talked about MLK vs. Malcolm X on a climate podcast... Thanks Matthew Myers for having me! 🙏
First time I've talked about MLK vs. Malcolm X on a climate podcast... Thanks Matthew Myers for having me! 🙏
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James is a world-class founder and dear friend building a much-needed product - congrats to you and the team! 😍
James is a world-class founder and dear friend building a much-needed product - congrats to you and the team! 😍
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Friends in Customer Success, please come work at Yard Stick! Report to the inimitable Kelsey Chan, wake up every day with purpose, get paid well…
Friends in Customer Success, please come work at Yard Stick! Report to the inimitable Kelsey Chan, wake up every day with purpose, get paid well…
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Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
Harvard Innovation Labs
- 4 years
The Harvard i-lab provides all the physical and intellectual resources current Harvard students need to develop and grow their startups, including one-to-one advising, office hours with industry experts, workshops, an incubator program, and a competition.
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MassChallenge
- 3 years
MassChallenge is the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet. Alumnae have raised $1.4B+ in funding, generated $575M+ in revenue, and created 50,000 jobs around the world.
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MIT Launch
- 1 year
Education
MIT Launch Summer brings together high school students from all over the US and world each summer to MIT campus to become entrepreneurs in a 4-week program. This experience connects students to many of the best startup networks and leaders across campus for instruction and best practices, engraining them in the MIT culture of Mens et Manus - mind and hand.
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Member, Board of Directors (formerly Member, Board of Advisors)
Rebuild Africa
- 4 years 11 months
Poverty Alleviation
Rebuild Africa is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by William "Bill" Massaquoi in 2007. After completing his Masters degree in International Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Bill asked several friends to join him in starting Rebuild Africa with the aim of partnering with the people of Liberia to rebuild their war-ravaged lives and communities through education, vocational training, mentoring and the provision of opportunities and resources to create jobs…
Rebuild Africa is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded by William "Bill" Massaquoi in 2007. After completing his Masters degree in International Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Bill asked several friends to join him in starting Rebuild Africa with the aim of partnering with the people of Liberia to rebuild their war-ravaged lives and communities through education, vocational training, mentoring and the provision of opportunities and resources to create jobs and services that would benefit the poor.
I helped RA explore opportunities in economic development and locally-considered school construction.
Honors & Awards
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Dean's Scholarship
Boston University Graduate School of Management
Merit-based scholarship for MBA students demonstrating "outstanding professional, academic, and personal qualities."
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D.Light Design Photography Fellowship
D.Light Design Inc.
Traveled with prototypes of D.Light products to perform market analysis and product feedback documentation in west Africa.
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Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Thomas J. Watson Foundation
"The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship offers college graduates of 'unusual promise' a year of independent, purposeful exploration and travel -- in international settings new to them -- to enhance their capacity for resourcefulness, imagination, openness, and leadership and to foster their humane and effective participation in the world community."
Languages
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Spanish
Limited working proficiency
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Thank you SO much Extantia, esp Carlota, for including me! Being a startup founder/CEO is a super-lonely experience. It's got perks, obviously! (see…
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