Gina Occhipinti is using her economic knowledge to fight global poverty
Gina Occhipinti ’18 had the opportunity to research microfinance in a unique setting. This past summer, she was in the Philippines working with local women entrepreneurs.
“Microfinance is the practice of giving small loans to people in poverty to help them start and grow their business,” says Occhipinti, whose research was funded through Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and International Research Opportunities Program grants from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research. “The business development services unit advises entrepreneurs about managing their loans to develop their products for the mainstream market.”
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