About
ABOUT
Mission
Avanza empowers leaders and teams to transform bold visions into impactful realities by bolstering organizational growth and success, and aligning strategic expertise with your ambitions for a more equitable world.
Vision
Avanza envisions a world where every impact organization thrives and is a catalyst for positive change.
History
Avanza Strategies launched in 2017. Since then Avanza has led a variety of strategic planning, implementation strategy, and team development projects for new programs and initiatives, and has supported leaders across the nation to build high impact organizations.
While Avanza Strategies specializes in driving impact in the education sector, the expertise Avanza brings to partnerships spans a variety of demographics and organizational structures. Avanza’s experience working in a variety of entities has facilitated a deep understanding of the systems, processeses, and strategies that lead to impact.
Avanza is committed to supporting you to achieve your goals in a sustainable way so that your impact can grow exponentially.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Grisel Maldonado is an accomplished program founder, strategic advisor, postsecondary success specialist and community leader. She has founded a variety of research-based impact programs across the nation, and has led the development of multiple culturally relevant programs and initiatives that support the advancement of low-income, Black and Latinx youth and their communities.
Grisel received a B.A. in History and Hispanic Studies from Brown University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She is a proud alumnus of the Surge Institute Fellowship, member of Education Leaders of Color and Señoritas Latinas Unidas, served on the board of Instituto del Progreso Latino, and is Co-President of the Brown University Club of Chicago. She was recognized on the Negocios Now list of Latinos 40 Under 40 Class of 2019 for her leadership in the Chicago area, and is part of the CatalystEd Postsecondary Expert Network with the Gates Foundation. In her spare time, Grisel loves any opportunity to travel outside of the United States and catch a glimpse of the beautiful world we inhabit from a new perspective.
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