Kiva Fellow Mark

Location:: Sunnyside, NY, United States
Member Since:: Jul 22, 2008
Bio:: Mark has spent the last seven years as a reporter and editor at newspapers in New York City. He became interested in international development while spending seven months in South Asia during college. While studying Bengali and teaching English in Calcutta, he got to see the jubilation that swept through the city as their hero, Amartya Sen, won the Nobel in economics. (The Bengali people would, of course, get a second helping of pride when Muhammad Yunus won his Nobel eight years later). Mark has also visited Pakistan, Greece, Britain, Belize, Holland, Spain, France, Israel, Mexico, Nepal and Bangladesh. He is currently studying Azeri to prepare for his Kiva fellowship in Baku, Azerbaijan. After Azerbaijan, he plans to continue his fellowship in another country. He is inspired by microfinance because it lets strivers in the marketplace, rather than outside “experts,” find solutions to poverty. In his free time, Mark enjoys Muay Thai, chess, reading and coffee.
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