<p>Patricia has over 15&nbsp;years of experience developing entrepreneurial programs.</p>

<p>She currently heads the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Division at the Ministry of Industry, Trade &amp; SMEs of the Dominican Republic, connecting and articulating all stakeholder&nbsp;organizations (public, private and academic), so the entrepreneurs can access to the different support programs to grow their startups. In her role, Patricia also helps&nbsp;design policies that enable&nbsp;the creation&nbsp;of new businesses.</p>

<p>Before working at the Ministry of Industry, Trade &amp; SMEs, she was the Executive Director of Enlaces, Inc, an angel investor network in the Dominican Republic.</p>

<p>She also worked for TiE Silicon Valley as Events &amp; Programs Manager. She was the coordinator for the pre-acceleration program from CREE, BanReservas &amp; Aceleración ALPHA.</p>

<p>Patricia holds a Bachelor's Degree majoring in Marketing from the National University Pedro Henriquez Ureña.</p>