DANA E. WHITAKER has traveled the globe for years, both for educational purposes and for pleasure. When she learned about the power of microfinance, she had to get involved. For three years she traveled the world's urban centers and rural outposts meeting, interviewing and photographing microentrepreneurs for this book. She is Chair of the Alameda County Board of Women's Initiative for Self Employment, an MFI in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Membership Chair of Women Advancing Microfinance, Northern California. She lives in Berkeley, California with her husband and son.

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