The late 70s and early 80s were a period of political and economic turmoil in the Philippines. That was right around the time 8 year old Rey Faustino, founder and CEO of One Degree (FFWD 2014), immigrated to America with his family. Born in the
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Rey Faustino, Founder and CEO of One Degree, is an incredible social entrepreneur as well as an alum of Fast Forward’s very first accelerator cohort. One Degree is like a Yelp for social services: it digitizes critical community resources, enabling anyone to search, comment, save,
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This is the third post in a series highlighting the alumni of the 2014 Fast Forward accelerator. A common misconception about low-income individuals and families is that they have limited access to technology. However, the reality is that more than three-quarters of US 18-29 year
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