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Chloe's story

Service has been then way I was able to heal from my less than fortunate childhood. I grew up in Maryland, and went to the most amazing all-girls high school. However, at home I was often abused and found that my only escape was through education and hard work. After high school, I attended Amherst College where I played soccer for four years and studied legal theory. I thought that I would be a lawyer until I interned as a trader at J.P. Morgan and fell in love with finance. However, I realized that the financial services industry, upon working full-time, looked the exact opposite of me, and that I felt as though I was not serving in such a way that I could feel as though I was truly helping those less fortunate. I signed up for my company's volunteer group, and helped low-income residents of New York City as a financial counselor, and realized that there is a room in our economy to marry the world of finance, and the beauty and grit of the nonprofit world. Given my personal past, I feel it necessary to give and to serve, for that is how I found my own success. I had teachers and friends give and serve me when I needed them. It helps me heal and know that we all deserve better. If I can use BlackFem to reconfigure the optics and philosophies of our financial services industry, that is provide the rightful access to financial services to women and girls of color, I would get to do my dream job and believe that my identity markers do not hinder my ability to create change.


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It supports this business that provides financial services to underserved populations.



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About BlackFem, Inc.

Industry: Services
Years in operation: New Business
Website: blackfem.org

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