Ignacio Esteban is the CEO of the Florida Community Loan Fund, a statewide nonprofit that provides funding and expertise to support affordable housing initiatives, health care centers and food access projects. Latino20
In college, while everyone around Ignacio Esteban aimed to work on Wall Street, he was thinking of a different path — harnessing his business skills to improve neighborhoods and communities.
“Overall, Florida is somewhat behind other states in the community development sector because the needs are so large,” Esteban said. “There aren’t enough subsidies, so we try to use capital to bridge that gap and stimulate growth.”
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