Alfredo is a former educator turned social entrepreneur and systems thinker working to make entrepreneurship accessible and regenerative in every community. He spent the last 25 years building at the intersection of education, workforce, and entrepreneurship, from teaching in the South Bronx to launching a statewide capital fund for underrepresented founders. He co-founded ESO Ventures, which has incubated 500+ businesses and deployed $6M+ in community capital. Today, Alfredo serves as CEO of SPCC.1, a company he founded that is building a new kind of economic engine helping communities grow shared prosperity through entrepreneurship, cooperative infrastructure, and last-mile capital access. For more information, visit alfredomathew on LinkedIn, www.spcc.one and alfredomathew.com.