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A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker Dream Fund (RFDF), which encourages investments in people whose young lives were spent as migrant farm workers. Although Curiel was able to go to college, a basic education for children who live by the cycle of fruit harvests is often out of reach.
The nonprofit helps migrant students prepare for higher-education opportunities. It grew out of a field study that Curiel performed during his second year at HBS and now incorporates The RFDF Stock Exchange, an online platform that offers migrant students scholarships for college, online courses in business and finance, and fellowships for business school.
Curiel’s mission, to improve the future for many in his community, inspires him to commit a portion of his time and income to the cause. “Increasing the number of migrant students who become entrepreneurs, investors, or managers,” he says, “will have a game-changing effect on the farm-working community.”
(Published April 2014)
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