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GSBI alum @someonesomewhere ('17) is a #socent that empowers indigenous artists and their communities by providing livelihoods needed to survive and prosper. They're offering 10% off your entire purchase when you use the code 'GSBI' on their website! Check out their full-range of amazing products from backpacks to t-shirts. If you're in the LA area, be sure to check them out at their 🏖Venice Beach 🏖 pop-up! (📸: @someonesomewhere) . . . . #indigenous #indigenousartists #empowerindigenouscommunities #artisans #sdg5 #sdg8 #wearthepower #gsbi #SEs #empoweringwomen #clothes #handmade #retail #venicebeach #losangeles #LApopup #socialentrepreneurship #inclusivefashion #fairtrade #mexicanpride
Check out this picture of #GSBI Social Entrepreneurship at the Margins cohort member @1951coffee with their mentor – former Starbucks Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, Louis Jordan, in their shop in Oakland! Click over to National Catholic Reporter for the story about new nonprofit coffee shops that aim to train and employ refugees. 📸: @ncronline and @heatheradams44 . . . #ittakesacommunity #makingrefugeeswelcome #coffeecommunity #refugeesarewelcome #StandingWithRefugees #WithRefugees #SEM #sdg8
Today is the last day of 💧 #WorldWaterWeek 💧hosted by @siwi_youth and we're shining the spolight on another recent #GSBI18 alum @dlohaiti (aka Untapped). UNTAPPED'��s last-mile distribution platform connects local retailers to a reliable supply of #cleanwater🚰 and essential goods. UNTAPPED uses decentralized water treatment centers as the hub for the distribution platform and�� regional stock points that make the final leg of distribution to retailers more efficient. The result? Clean water and better food available for 1/4 to 1/2 the market price. . . . #cleanwaterforall #sdg6 #waterforall #wwweek #siwi
#GSBI alum @nazavawater ('18 & '12) sells affordable and safe household Water Filters 🚰 in Indonesia. Nazava Water Filters aim to provide safe drinking water to everybody everywhere by selling the best and most affordable 💧water 💧 filters. . . . #worldwaterweek #sdg6 #wwweek #siwi #cleanwater #waterforall #cleanwaterforall

CASSANDRA STAFF

Chief Operations Officer

Cassandra Staff (formerly Cassandra Thomassin) was raised in a home in East San Jose and on a boat in Baja California and the Pacific Northwest. An appreciation for diversity and global communities was planted at an early age between her travels to visit family in Malaysia, living in Mexico, and attending some of the most culturally diverse schools in the country. Cassandra has been with the Miller Center since 2010, when she first learned about social entrepreneurship through Santa Clara University's MBA program. There, she was able to combine her business training with her passion for doing good and supporting the under privileged and under resourced around the world. Through her work with Miller Center, she has had the honor of working with over 100 social entrepreneurs directly through GSBI programs. She hopes it will be at least 1,000 before her 10-year anniversary. Between work hours, Cassandra plays volleyball, cooks vegetarian food for friends and family, goes to live shows, and spends time with her dogs, chickens, and wonderful family.