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Carmen's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Politics, and Upholding a Cause and Belief
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Politics
University of California, Santa Cruz
Doctorate
City and Regional Planning
University of California, Berkeley
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a President & CEO:
Bachelor's Degree: Politics
Doctorate: City and Regional Planning
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
In high school, I realized the inequalities faced by people of different races and it inspired me to want to find a career where I could help rectify that.
2.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in politics and then continued on to graduate school.
3.
Before starting my doctorate, I got the opportunity to work for a very wealthy couple that wanted to give their money away to good organizations—that job opened a lot of doors for me.
4.
Since then, I worked a set of jobs that built my skills up in money management and really taught me how to move money around to benefit the most people.
5.
For the past 20 years, I’ve worked with nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, and foundations to improve the lives of working people across the country.
6.
In 2014, I co-founded an innovation lab called The Workers Lab, which helps workers successfully develop new ideas.
7.
I now work as the president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, which supports organizations doing good work in the racial and economic justice space through funding.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Peers:
There's a ceiling for what you can do. You can't dream bigger than that.
How I responded:
There have been a lot of people who've told me that I can't dream bigger than what I was already doing because of where I came from and what my parents did. But that's not true. I had the same amount of people who really supported me, let me make mistakes, and helped me learn.