Kiva Fellow David

Location:: brooklyn, NY, United States
Occupation:: Kiva Fellow
Member Since:: Apr 11, 2009
Bio:: Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, David studied at the University of Chicago and earned both his bachelor and master's degrees in four years. After college, he taught in Spain for a year before moving to New York City where he has since worked in the legal and not-for-profit sectors. He is honored to have been selected as a Kiva Fellow and looks forward to working with his host MFI and entrepreneurs in Peru. David plans for a fast turn-around following his half-year Fellowship, as he will be starting law school some two weeks after repatriation. Once there, he intends to continue exploring the intersections of law, economic development, and philanthropy.
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David's Kiva Fellowships

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Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF10

Fellow at Caja Rural Señor de Luren

Peru

Feb 2, 2010 to Apr 30, 2010

Member of Kiva Fellows Class KF11

Fellow at Fundación Mario Santo Domingo (FMSD)

Colombia

May 19, 2010 to Aug 7, 2010

Entrepreneurs David Has Visited

Update for Aracely Judith

Jul 12, 2010

In transcribing the client\'s name a small mistake was made. It should read \"Aracely Judith Rivero Vasquez,\" not \"Rocio.\" [...]

I recently visited Orlando as part of a \"borrower verification\" run, a task Kiva Fellows do at all of our field partners to verify that the information you see in client profiles is correct. It was a sunny [...]

Update for Luis Carlos

Jul 8, 2010

A \"fat finger\" error in the creation of this profile was revealed when I did a borrower verification run two weeks ago to visit Luis. His small business (run out of the only air-conditioned, well-lit room in his [...]

Update for German Gustavo

Jul 7, 2010

German invested his Kiva loan in materials for his art such as three 1 meter^2 pieces of wood, sixteen 40ml tubes of oil paint, $100 in 90X60cm canvases, and various odds and ends including the design of catalog [...]

Update for Sonia Del Carmen

Jul 6, 2010

Sonia Gómez está feliz porque pudo rescatar nuevos clientes, su clientela está regresando y tiene una oferta permanente; con su crédito de Kiva pudo comprar telas hilos y encajes para hacer muchos vestidos, [...]