Carolina Coppe Zambrano attained a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar and earned her MBA from MIT. She was a strategic consultant with Arthur D. Little where she focused on advising clients in the financial sector. She also worked as a product planner for Microsoft, and at MasterCard where she oversaw global pricing for its customers. She currently advises underserved small businesses as a part of the Acceleration Project team, a female-founded nonprofit dedicated to keeping local economies vital. She lives in Darien with her husband and three children.