
JobMakers Podcast
JobMakers is a weekly podcast, produced by pioneer institute and the immigrant learning center, in which Denzil Mohammed explores the world of risk-taking immigrant entrepreneurs, who create new products, services and jobs in New England and across the united states.
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Episode 53: Yuliya Tarasava Invests In Americans Who Need It Most
This week on JobMakers, host Denzil Mohammed talks with Yuliya Tarasava, immigrant from Belarus and cofounder and chief operating officer at CNote, a platform that helps facilitate investment in financially underserved communities across America. In just six years, CNote has helped create or maintain more than 4,000 jobs in disadvantaged communities, invested more than 50 percent of capital into small businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), and invested more than 40 percent of capital into women-led small businesses, eight times the national average.Yuliya believes everybody deserves a chance at success, and dismantling the systemic barriers to such success is what she and her business are all about, as you’ll learn in this week’s JobMakers.
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About Our Guest
Yuliya Tarasava is COO and Co-founder of CNote, an impact investment platform delivering competitive returns by investing in women, minorities and low-income communities across America. As an experienced financial professional with expertise in risk management and product development, Yuliya focuses on leveraging financial tools to increase economic opportunity for everyone. Previously, Yuliya led the quantitative due diligence for over 20 mutual funds across multiple asset classes for AMG Funds. Later at Summit Rock Advisors, she co-developed the proprietary analytics and risk management framework for a portfolio of over $10B in assets. She was one of 12 individuals selected for Acumen’s Global Fellows program, which led to her running strategy and operations for Juhudi Kilimo, a micro-financial institution in Nairobi that supports farmers and small-to-medium agro-businesses throughout Kenya. Yuliya was born and raised in Belarus and moved to the United States in 2004. She is a CFA and CAIA charterholder.
About Our Host
Denzil Mohammed is the host of JobMakers, a weekly podcast brought to you by Pioneer Institute and The Immigrant Learning Center. Denzil is the Director of The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute, where he focuses on specialized online education, research, teacher resources, publications and events that educate Americans on the contributions of immigrants. He began his career in journalism in 2000 in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago, and previously worked for swissnex Boston/Consulate of Switzerland. Denzil has an MS in Global Communications from Northeastern University and a BA in Communication Studies/Literatures in English from University of the West Indies. Contact him atdenzil@jobmakerspodcast.org.
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