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Milena Arciszewski
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"to start a nonprofit that inspires and empowers"

Manhattan, NY, USA
female, age 29
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Joined Aug 31, 2009
What I Want to Do:
Causes: social entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation, human rights
Activities: writing, volunteering, travel, reading, People Watching, observing amusement, museums, hiking, dance, camping, Cafes


 
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Joined Aug 31, 2009 Activist Aspirations Rabid 
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Groups (AGR) A Green Road, Amnesty International, Clubster, Healthy Living Network, Hungersite.com, National Audubon Society, Networking for Entrepreneurial Women, Oxfam
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Birthday April 27, 1984  
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Activist Aspirations Rabid
Political Leaning Liberal
Religions  
Eating Habits LOTS OF TEA, Aspiring healthy eater  
Wild Fact About Me I volunteered for Kiva in Bosnia, Kenya and the Philippines. I learned to say "this food is absolutely delicious" in all 3 languages. (Though in the case of Kenya, it was a lie.)
My Philosophy Be creative. Have fun. And try to make the world better.
What Gives Me Hope That people living in absolute poverty can still find beauty, happiness and magic in their lives
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by I would set up programs to empower individuals with tangible ideas for fixing their communities in localized ways.
What/who changed my life and why Jeffrey Sach's "The End of Poverty" motivated me to quit my investment banking job and leave NYC to volunteer in Africa. I'm coming back to NYC, but not to my former life.
What Bugs Me the word "moist", litter, conformists, abusive people  
Passions nature, delicious foods, creating, writing, broadening my horizons  
Inspirations my ancestors, love, goddesses, beautiful stories  
What Scares Me crocodiles, mediocrity, shyness  
  Favorites
Role Models Erin Brokovich  
Quotation "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a thing, but burn, burn, burn, like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
Interests nonprofit management, national parks, photography, travel and adventure, books  
Books Grapes of Wrath, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Atlas Shrugged, Love in the Time of Cholera, 100 Years of Solitude  
Music electronica, ambient  
Movies Pulp Fiction, Before Sunset, Love Actually  
TV Shows National Geographic, Arrested Development, The Office  
Favorite Foods fresh mango  
Favorite Places Italy, Spain, Peru, Philippines, New York City  
Can't Live Without cream cheese, love, sunshine  
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