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• Michelle’s bio: Michelle is the Director of CWE’s Central Massachusetts Women’s Business Center(WBC).  Michelle holds an M.A. in International Development and Social Change fromClark University. She ran a coffee shop for five years, in which she helped to shedlight on working conditions in South America and provided vocational training topeople with disabilities.Michelle has managed economic development and rehabilitation programs in Massachusetts as well as in Colombia, Peru, and Nicaragua. These programs assisted victims of conflict in rebuilding their lives, providing such services as prosthetic donation and fitting, psychosocial rehabilitation, and microfinance. Michelle has a passion for entrepreneurship and building bridges to success.
• About CWE: The Center for Women and Enterprise: Lifting up women who lift up theworld.The Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is an economic empowermentorganization that provides access to the resources, tools and support you need, sothat, together, we can amplify the singular power of women to lift up ourcommunities, drive economic growth and create a more equitable world. With ourworkshops and individualized consultations for small business, we take women fromwhere they are, to where they want to be.Our Mission: CWE's mission is to strengthen communities and the economy by supporting women to launch and successfully sustain businesses.