Silvia Loica-Mersa
Romanian-American, 25, Fulbright grantee in Romania
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Education, Health |
| Skills: | Business, Editing, Event planning, French, Languages, Leadership, Marketing, Public Relations, Spanish, Writing |
| Location: | Timisoara, Romania |
| Groups: | BASES, BASES E-Challenge 2010, BASES Social E-Challenge 2010, BASES Social E-Challenge Alumni Network, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], Social e-challenge Mentors 2009 , [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Employment opportunities, Finding mentors, Giving back, Helping friends, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Tags: | education, Global Health, HIV/AIDS, international development, Philanthropy, social entrepreneurship |
| Schools: | Stanford University |
FULL BIO
Vice President of the Social E-Challenge for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Currently a Fulbright grantee in Timisoara, Romania
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health |
| Position: | Program Associate |
| Time period: | August 2008 - November 2009 |
| Employer: | BASES Social E-Challenge |
| Position: | Vice President |
| Time period: | June 2008 - June 2009 |
| Employer: | FACE AIDS |
| Position: | National Events Director |
| Time period: | September 2007 - June 2008 |
| Description: | FACE AIDS is an organization based at Stanford aiming to mobilize U.S. students to respond to HIV/AIDS Africa. In collaboration with Paul Farmer’s organization, Partners In Health (PIH), FACE AIDS runs HIV support groups in Rwanda in which members gain income making beaded AIDS pins. We then distribute pins on U.S. campuses in fundraising campaigns and donate proceeds back to PIH to support comprehensive health care and AIDS treatment in Rwanda. Since 2005 we’ve raised over $900,000 and recruited 150 student chapters. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2008 |
| Degree: | Biological Sciences, BSc |
Silvia's Startups (1)
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Silvia is Following (4)
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Embrace
Stanford spin-off commercializing a $25 incubator for premature infants in developing countries.
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BUILD.org
Our mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally.
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Silvia's Contacts (48)
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Salina Truong
Stanford student, working on Outreach for Gumball Capital
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Arul Velan
Trailblazer, Entrepreneur, Contrarian, Organizer, Recruiter, Evangelist, and Student of Life.
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Eli Rabek
From the United States, graduate in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford, former co-president of Stanford BASES, VP of Sigma Nu Fraternity (Beta Chi chapter). Moving to Spain in September to work for Opinno and attend business school.