Cynthia is responsible for managing Kiva's team of Portfolio Managers and Field Support Specialists in Latin America and the Caribbean, and for overseeing the regional implementation of Kiva's strategy from both a risk and social performance perspective. Cynthia has worn many hats at Kiva: she started in 2008 as a Spanish translator and Kiva Fellow, completing fellowship placements with four MFI field partners in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. She returned to Peru for another year and a half to serve as Kiva's first Field Support Specialist for South America, then moved to San Francisco to work as the Portfolio Manager for North and Central America before assuming her current position in 2012. Originally from Minneapolis, Cynthia has a B.A. in International Relations and Spanish from Tufts University. She is fluent in Spanish, conversational in Portuguese and can say "See you tomorrow!" in Quechua.