[Girl Crush] Jacqueline Novogratz

1. She founded an amazing non-profit to help solve world poverty - the Acumen Fund. The fund manages over $30 million worth of investments all over the world; they focus on delivering affordable healthcare, water, housing and energy to the poor.


2. She wrote a book about her legit experiences in the Peace Corps and after, which inspired me to go into non-profit work - The Blue Sweater.


3. She is inspiring:
When I founded the Acumen Fund I heard discouragement from everyone. I would go to the financial institutions, and the guys there would say, "It sounds fuzzy; it sounds messy." In the aid and foundation industries, people would say, "You're going to make money off the poor." The real lesson is that if a lot of people aren't telling you you're crazy, you're not on the right path.

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4. She is the woman I want to be in a few years - see the reasons above.