alexis chavez

I specialize in international SME business development. My primary focus is on identifying other social entrepreneurs and providing them support in developing and implementing environmentally and socially responsible solutions. My obsession for translating ideas into action has driven me to help facilitate the dreams of others. My current organization, Einstein Rising, is an attempt to address the fundamental and systematic obstacles in the Western aid model in Africa, remove the depressing stigma attributed to the continent, and create a community that supports social business without vilifying profit and understands that it is a means to improve our world. I try to absorb the lessons and knowledge of those who have paved the way and keep chugging forward. I secretly love snuggling baby monkeys the most... don't tell anyone.