Inspire Stories
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Neelu Panth finds common challenges among communities and entrepreneurs across the globe
Get to know Neelu Panth, a community development advsior with the St. Louis Fed, and her path to a career of serving others through community development.
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Samantha Evans brings the Fed’s community development expertise home to Toad Suck, Arkansas
Sam Evans of the St. Louis Fed brings the Federal Reserve’s rural development expertise home to Toad Suck, Arkansas.
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Unexpected lessons from a world away helped New York native Edison Reyes find his calling
Get to know Edison Reyes and his work to improve workforce outcomes from the Peace Corps to the New York Fed.
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With a foundation of housing expertise, Bonnie Blankenship builds impactful relationships across Ohio and Kentucky
Get to know Bonnie Blankenship and her work as a former regional outreach manager with the Cleveland Fed.
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Regardless of the medium, supporting small businesses is Lucas Misera’s business
Get to know Lucas Misera, a policy analyst at the Cleveland Fed, and his work on the Federal Reserve’s Small Business Credit Survey.
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A children’s icon informs Vijay Palaparty’s sense of community
“Being neighbors means knowing you are valued, in whatever forms that takes,” says Vijay Palaparty. Get to know what inspires his communications work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
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Through research, Bina Shrimali strives to understand and right factors that hold people back
Get to know Bina Shrimali and her approach to community development research at the San Francisco Fed.
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Dell Gines helps communities build support systems for entreprenurs and small businesses owned by people of color
Get to know Dell Gines and his work to support entrepreneurship ecosystems and small businesses owned by people of color.
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Marija Bingulac’s commitment to overturning inequities is bound(ary)less
For Marija Bingulac, a commitment to overturning inequities is bound(ary)less. Get to know the Boston Fed community development researcher.
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Preschool as economic development? Researcher Rob Grunewald shows how and why it makes sense
Get to know Rob Grunewald and his research to improve workforce and economic outcomes through a focus on early education and child care.