Our Stories

Poverty Is and Poverty Is Not

Working in microfinance, aid, and development more broadly, obviously requires talk about poverty and change. Too often though, we set...

Coffee and Donuts

“Somos cabeza, no somos cola” We are the head not the tail. They sang a hymn for me on the...

Blade and Baleadas

When we arrived the whole family was waiting for us. Laura Isabel Luque, her sister Karina Luque, and Marina Eliza...

If You Were the Client How Would You Want an MFI to Operate?

If before we’re thrown into life, we could choose what society should look like without knowing what particular characteristics our...

10 Steps to Becoming a Change-Making Animal

Each academic year I have to integrate a new cohort of students into my La Ceiba class. Yet, it is more...

Knocking on Doors

January 9th, 2012. Reagan National Airport, Washington DC. I was waiting to board the plane. It was 4am but I...

Passionate Debates

I joined La Ceiba during a mistake.  We were trying to accommodate more students, so there were two sections of...

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