![]() Upon graduating from FIU, Paul made her way north to Nova Southeastern University where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree in 2014. ![]() Throughout her time at FIU, Paul served as vice president of the Student Government Association in 2008, was the first Black Student Union council president in 2009, and the first Black Alumni Panther Network president in 2010. This movement is #MiamiMade, and that’s exactly how I want to be defined – I want to leverage the existing work I already do in this space and be a champion for women of color who often get overlooked.” Paul’s #MiamiMade journeyĪ first-generation graduate of Haitian descent, Paul’s Miami journey is comparable to so many Miami women who live and play in our region, having to work twice as hard with opportunities often passing to others – yet she persisted. “I was born and raised in Miami, I graduated from FIU, and I started my business in this region. “The Venture Miami Opportunity Program will provide Miami’s female business owners of color the opportunity to leverage the momentum that’s happening in our city so that they can get in the #MiamiTech game,” said Paul. Initiated by FIU’s Office of Engagement in collaboration with Mayor Francis Suarez’s Venture Miami team, which is led by FIU’s Vice President of Engagement and Senior Advisor for Innovation & Technology Saif Ishoof, and supported by a $150,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase, the Venture Miami Opportunity Program aims to close the inclusion gap for female business owners by serving as a bridge to venture capitalists, angel investors, and other sources of capital.įIU’s newly hired Opportunity Program Director Kenasha Paul will serve as a critical connector, alongside the Venture Miami team, by connecting female entrepreneurs of color with investors, venture capitalists, and resources in #MiamiTech. ![]() Facebook Tweet Pin LinkedIn Email ‘I want to leverage the existing work I already do in this space and be a champion for women of color who often get overlooked’Īs Miami undergoes an unprecedented movement catapulting our city into Florida’s own version of Silicon Valley, local business owners are feeling wary of being left behind – especially female founders of color.īut Miami’s own Florida International University has a solution that may help calm the nerves of local female business owners of color – and they’ve partnered with the City of Miami’s Venture Miami team to do it. ![]()
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