Overcame depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder. Tough childhood raised on welfare by a single mother = grit + perseverance.

20 years leading + curating at the nexus of innovation, technology, social impact. Peace Corps Volunteer, data analyst, software developer, consultant, digital product + service designer.

Diplomat in the Obama Administration (USAID), managed $190M in impact grant funding for the US & Swedish Govs, pioneered new impact partnership types and ways of working.

Degrees from Boston University (Finance); The Fletcher School, Tufts University (MBA). Worked in 35 countries, speaks 7 languages well (pretends in many more), lives in Berlin with husband and two children.