Fabio Carrara grew up in a small town just outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where his family is prevalent in local politics. He received undergrad degree in Production Engineering from University of Sao Paulo. After school, Fabio worked 4 years at BCG. Fabio’s spent a fair amount of his childhood on his grandfather’s farm, seeing his struggle to stay on the land while trying to sell his products and managing debt.

Matt Hively is from Los Angeles, the son of a small business owner and serial entrepreneur. He received his undergraduate degree in Business from UC Berkeley and worked for 5 years in management consulting for Bain & Company throughout the US and Latin America. He is a self-proclaimed social entrepreneur, and most recently founded Impacta, a non-profit consulting organization in Mexico City.