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Silvia Loica-Mersa

Romanian-American, 23, Vice President of the Social E-Challenge, recent Stanford graduate

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: Palo Alto, CA
Groups: BASES, Social e-challenge Competition 2008
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

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Vice President of the Social E-Challenge for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Currently working at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health in Palo Alto.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Position: Program Associate
Time period: August 2008 - Present

Employer: BASES Social E-Challenge
Position: Vice President
Time period: June 2008 - Present

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 Contacts (30)

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  • Saket Vora

    American grad student pursuing M.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford. Interested in entrepreneurship, energy, greentech, cleantech, social ventures, politics, film, traveling, data visualization, and cooking.

  • Leila Chirayath

    Africa, technology, social enterprise

  • Paul Jordan

    Entrepreneur with experience in technology, education and emerging markets (primarily East Africa).