When Andrea Chen moved to New Orleans in 2004 for a Teach for America assignment after studying social entrepreneurship at Stanford, she saw the harm caused by the city’s racial and economic inequity. Some of her high-school English students read at a third-grade level.
The experience stuck with her.
After the Katrina-rebuilding effort unleashed a wave of can-do energy, she and several friends started Propeller, a charity that helps entrepreneurs build nonprofits and small businesses that tackle economic and social disparities in New Orleans.
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