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NGOs & Start-Ups 101

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This video call will explore an introduction to non-profit organizations and start-ups with some FAQs! The call will consist of a casual conversation with panlists Victor Ye and Liz Strong moderated by Emily Gee to give a brief overview of the fields and what to expect. Join Emily, Victor and Liz on March 24th at 5PM PST!

Led by Emily Gee (2007), Victor Ye (2019), & Liz Strong (2017)

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EMILY GEE

Emily's is the Marketing Manager at AeroFarms, the largest indoor vertical farm of its kind. Prior to joining the AeroFarms team, Emily served as Co-Executive Director of Grades of Green, scaling the NGO to over half a million students globally. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Emily was an Annenberg Graduate Fellow and awarded the Discovery Scholar title for her environmental messaging research.

VICTOR YE

Victor is an 18 year old social entrepreneur and founder of InnovaYouth (www.innovayouth.org/), a global education nonprofit that empowers young people to develop their skills in research, collaboration, and communication with the goal of promoting societal change. Since its founding, InnovaYouth has directly impacted over 10600 students in 15 states and 14 countries, with over 50 workshops and global summits on social responsibility, civic engagement, and Generation Z. Victor has been recognized by the British Royal family, Jackie Bezos of Bezos Family Foundation, Bill Drayton of Ashoka, and more. He will be an incoming freshman at USC after taking a gap year.

LIZ STRONG

I'm Liz Strong (Hammie 2017!) and I'm passionate about early stage startups, supporting women in tech, and tech sales. I opted out of college, studied at a coding bootcamp, interned at a VC firm, went through a tech sales bootcamp called Flockjay, a YCW19 startup, worked at a Series C devtools startup, and now I currently close deals at a Series A finserv startup. You can find me on twitter @iamlizendary

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