Jake graduated from Bates College in 2013 with degrees in Cultural Anthropology and French. His academic focus concentrated on microfinance networks in Dakar, Senegal, analyzing power dynamics and relationships between communal women borrowers and institutions. He has worked as a community organizer in Boston, MA fighting for better wages and working conditions within Boston’s restaurant industry.
Jake lives in New York City working for a green roofing company transforming New York City’s industrial warehouses into living and breathing structures that support plants and wildlife. He looks forward to returning to Mongolia. Not enough meat or vodka here in the United States.