Precious Listana was born and raised in the Philippines, and moved to the U.S. when she was 8 years old. As a Filipina-immigrant, she aspires to go back home and provide entrepreneurship and STEM opportunities in her hometown through her own startup, Youth Incubator. She wants to scale her startup in her local neighborhood in San Francisco, the Tenderloin[[File:UIF. png]]
After graduating high school, Precious conducted her own research Listana was born and raised in microfinance through the World Food PrizePhilippines, and moved to the U.S. when she was 8 years old. That experience showed her the importance of providing economic As a Filipina-immigrant, she aspires to go back home and provide entrepreneurship and educational STEM opportunities to marginalized communitiesin her hometown through her own startup, Youth Incubator. She saw how small loans empowered poor families wants to use education as a means to rise from povertyscale her startup in her local neighborhood in San Francisco, the Tenderloin.
CurrentlyAfter graduating high school, she is a sophomore at UC Berkeley pursuing Social Entrepreneurship and Tech with a focus on Global Poverty and PracticesPrecious conducted her own research in microfinance through the World Food Prize. Not only is she a University Innovation Fellow, but she is also That experience showed her the co-founder importance of The Invention Corps of Berkeley (ICB)providing economic and educational opportunities to marginalized communities. Her newly founded organization brings in multidisciplinary students She saw how small loans empowered poor families to collaborate with professors and PhD students use education as a means to tackle problems focused on rise from poverty, health, environment and society.
When Currently, she graduates collegeis a sophomore at UC Berkeley pursuing Social Entrepreneurship and Tech with a focus on Global Poverty and Practices. Not only is she a University Innovation Fellow, but she envisions herself learning from is also the corporate social responsibility departments co-founder of The Invention Corps of tech companies Berkeley (ICB). Her newly founded organization brings in San Francisco. Before fully committing multidisciplinary students to her startup, Precious aspires collaborate with professors and PhD students to learn more tackle problems focused on how businesses are used a force for social goodpoverty, health, environment and society.
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