Monique Greenwood
Monique Greenwood from Akwaaba Bed and Breakfast Inns uses tourism to create a positive impact for the local community as well as for travelers. Akwaaba, which means “welcome” in a native dialect of Ghana, was originally launched in Brooklyn and now has locations in the Poconos and West Philadelphia. As one of the few black-owned […]
Yve-Car Momperousse
Yve-Car Momperousse co-founded Kreyol Essence, creators of plant based and ethically sourced personal care products from Haiti. Using ingredients such as Haitian Black Castor Oil, Kreyol Essence supports the replanting of Castor trees, which support reforestation and work for Haitian farmers. This is one of a growing number of our investees that have been on […]
Rachel Faller
Rachel Faller was a Fulbright scholar studying the devastating impacts of “fast fashion” in Cambodia – the source of many of our clothes here in the West – with no intention of becoming an entrepreneur. After witnessing the horrific working conditions in the fashion industry and the waste of tons of fabric (literally tons and […]
