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Vaneshia Reed

Entrepreneurship

Biography

Vaneshia is an MBA student at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where she focuses on sustainable food systems and entrepreneurial finance. She is passionate about funding an inclusive and sustainable food future and ensuring that underestimated communities access the wealth and social progress generated in the innovation economy.

Prior to Haas, Vaneshia began her career in public affairs, building strategic partnerships in education and child welfare. She then pivoted to the culinary industry working as a chef before turning to investing in agrifood innovation via venture fellowships with Alumni Ventures and FoodFutureCo. Vaneshia earned her B.A. in History and Science from Harvard College. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and enjoys creative writing and travel.

High school:  Middle College High School

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