Fernanda Fiscal

Fernanda was co-founder of an entertainment company and provided consulting services for TEDx. In addition, she has served as an entrepreneurship consultant, panelist, and instructor. 

She is now Director of the UTEP Blackstone LaunchPad, a university entrepreneurship network, where she creates and manages entrepreneurship activities for UTEP students.  She mentor’s student ventures in early-stage development and nominates and coaches student ventures to participate in national business competitions. Fernanda created and deployed the first virtual Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for UTEP students in 2020 and contributed to the Mike Loya Center business competition blueprint. She has served as a business mentor and judges for UTEP hackathons and local high-school pitch competitions. Additionally, she has served as a mentor for The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) during a special edition of Health-Tech Startup Week powered by Techstars.

Fernanda served as a panelist sharing best practices for the session “Filling the Gap – Creating a Community for Latinx Student Entrepreneurs” during the 10th Annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education.  She also serves as a member of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Steering Committee for El Paso City Learning and Action Lab initiative of the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program

Fernanda holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and a Master of Science in Data and Information Science from the College of Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso. In 2019 and 2020, she received certificates in Entrepreneurship Essentials and FinTech from Harvard Business School. She is a first-time gen graduate, passionate about technology, startups, and women empowerment.