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Kiva Fellow Alana

Occupation:: Kiva Fellow
I loan because:: I believe it is a dignified response to global inequity.
Member Since:: Jan 15, 2009
Bio:: Originally from Medford, New Jersey, Alana moved to Gunnison, CO, where she obtained her BA in Political Science and Spanish from Western State College. During her scholarship in Colorado, she studied abroad in Chile, taught Spanish to elementary school students, interpreted eye doctor and dentist appointments for local doctors and their Spanish-speaking patients, and served as a translator for the city's Public Health Department. In 2007, she became a member of the National Hispanic Honor Society. After graduation Alana moved to Boulder, CO where she furthered her community involvement and gained valuable nonprofit finance experience as Finance Associate and Grants Administrator for The Community Foundation and as a volunteer for a local nonprofit that provides low-cost English classes to Boulder County community members. Alana loves dance, yoga, cities, mountains, music, and numbers and hopes to return from the Kiva fellowship in pursuit of a dual master’s degree in Finance and Economics.
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Alana's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF9

Fellow at EDESA

Oct 1, 2009 to Jan 1, 2010

Updates From The Field

Where the rainy season meets the springtime, the river meets the ocean, the good wrestles with the ugly…

Dec 7, 2009

Alana Solimeo, KF9, Costa Rica I am a seasoned gringa-tica. I have made it through the rainy season and now enjoy the warmth of the sun…much deserved. It’s a hard thing to reason with your [...]

Women and Microfinance in Light of Machismo in Costa Rica

Dec 5, 2009

Alana Solimeo, KF9, Costa Rica I’m not here to cry wolf. I know that the subordination of women exists to much more oppressive degrees around the world. I am also aware that my ability to identify [...]

I might be falling for microfinance.

Nov 4, 2009

Alana Solimeo, KF9, Costa Rica I realized after letting the excitement of Kiva, Costa Rica, and research topics (exhibited in previous post Rice, Beans and an Inspired Hypothesis) settle that I might [...]

Rice, Beans, and an Inspired Hypothesis

Oct 10, 2009

By Alana Solimeo, KF9 Costa Rica After six months of subsisting on rice and beans while living in Boulder, Colorado, in order to save scrupulously in hopes of being invited to the Kiva Fellows Program, where [...]