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Tania Laden is the executive director at LivelyHoods, a role she took on after serving as chief operating officer for nearly three years. She earned her B.S. from Stanford University, where she graduated with a degree in Science, Technology and Society with a focus on Management Science & Engineering. Prior to LivelyHoods, Tania worked as a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley and a business & technology analyst at EZLearn, an educational technology start-up in Brazil. Tania moved to Kenya in 2011 to build and manage iSmart, the first sales agent network created by LivelyHoods. Tania is recognized as a 2011 Mara Foundation Entrepreneur Fellow.