I believe in cre­at­ing a world beyond poverty by build­ing the inter­sec­tion of finance, devel­op­ment and jour­nal­ism. I am con­stantly on the hunt for new inno­v­a­tive plat­forms as an inter­sec­tion point for busi­ness mod­els and mar­kets to con­tribute to progress (social or eco­nomic) in devel­op­ing coun­tries. For the past four years, I have worked pri­mar­ily in finance and busi­ness devel­op­ment posi­tions both in Canada and Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Cameroon) and have devel­oped dif­fer­ent frame­works to help expand the social impact of organizations.

Cur­rently, I am a port­fo­lio ana­lyst at a global asset man­age­ment firm with a focus on emerg­ing mar­kets and risk man­age­ment. I am a grad­u­ate of the Sauder School of Busi­ness at the Uni­ver­sity of British Colum­bia and received the Inter­na­tional Leader of Tomor­row Award, a full schol­ar­ship that sup­ports inter­na­tional stu­dents for excep­tional aca­d­e­mic, lead­er­ship and extra-curricular activities. I am also a cause focused writer for web­sites and jour­nal­is­tic blogs includ­ing SocialEarth.org, SocialFinance.ca and Ywib.ca (Young women in Business).

My cur­rent research inter­ests include:

1) Base of Pyra­mid Per­spec­tive: Under­stand­ing the unique dimen­sions of this sec­tion to fully eval­u­ate the impact of mar­ket ventures

2) Social Entre­pre­neur­ship & Impact Invest­ing: Inves­ti­gat­ing a col­lab­o­ra­tive approach in inno­va­tion, cre­ation and imple­men­ta­tion of impact invest­ing and patient cap­i­tal strategies.

3) New Media Jour­nal­ism: Explor­ing the poten­tial of story-telling, solu­tion jour­nal­ism as well as cit­i­zen journalism.

Close sec­ond inter­ests include music, hik­ing, rock-climbing and dogs. I am an impa­tient opti­mist and believe that through com­pas­sion, inno­va­tion and edu­ca­tion, we can be the change in the world.

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Jocelynling.com is about being a work in progress/thoughts-in-the-making of dis­cov­er­ing pur­pose and most impor­tantly, shar­ing my PASSION. Writ­ing on peo­ple and inspi­ra­tion. Devel­op­men­tal work and Projects of the Past, Present and Future. Oh, and the inevitable ran­dom snip­pets of news that catches my eye from time to time.

Thank you for stop­ping by. I hope you follow/subscribe/comment/share your thoughts and per­haps this might turn into some­thing more.

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Dis­claimer: This is a per­sonal blog.  The opin­ions expressed here rep­re­sent my own and not those of my employ­ers past, present or any other orga­ni­za­tion with which I am affil­i­ated.  Addi­tion­ally, as we all learn and grow more each day, my views are sub­ject to change.