How One San Diego Philanthropist is Using Impact Investing to Create a Better Future [Interview with Kara Ballester]

  • Posted by Tyana Smith
  • On August 28, 2019
  • In Investors
As lead investors in our Homebuilding Investment Fund, Kara Ballester and her husband Andy were instrumental in jumpstarting our efforts to accelerate affordable housing with San Diego Habitat for Humanity. We wanted to know–what motivated Kara to invest in affordable homeownership and what her experience with impact investing has been like. We like to kick […]
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