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Dr. Barbara Freeman is the creator and team leader of LaMedichi Savings Clubs. LaMedichi blends financial technology and education with community savings and micro-lending and is designed to enable immigrant communities achieve financial security. Barbara brings her national and international economic development and global educational expertise, as well as her experience as a social entrepreneur to this initiative. She has worked on 5 continents and is a long-standing consultant to the World Bank. She is passionate about developing innovative and effective solutions to improve learning outcomes and the real-life chances of vulnerable youth and people from disadvantaged and rural communities.

Barbara has a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Change and an M.B.A. She was a visiting scholar for many years at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education and a visiting professor at the University of Sao Paulo. Earlier in her career, Barbara worked on Wall Street and the City of London as a currency options trader.