Every community has skills.
Not every community has a
path to monetize them.
Dunia Path is an entrepreneurship training and vocational workforce organization built for communities the mainstream economy keeps passing over. We create shorter, more direct paths to economic independence — pathways that don't require your zip code, your pedigree, or your last employer to cooperate.
"In an AI-driven world, some communities are being left out. The good thing is — we still have our skills. We're here to help monetize them."
Behind every
statistic is
a name.
Christopher Howard grew up in the Mill Brook Houses in the South Bronx with no prior criminal history. At 25, he was swept up in an FBI RICO raid — a law designed for organized crime — and charged based on teenage Facebook messages and witnesses offered immunity deals. No gun. No video. No audio. No evidence placing him at the scene.
His case caught the attention of legal researchers at CUNY School of Law, who called it emblematic of how RICO is increasingly used to target poor men of color with thin evidence, in communities where the state shows up with force but rarely with opportunity.
"What if there had been a shorter path to building something? That question is the foundation of Dunia Path."
Christopher is Chandell Stone's cousin. His story isn't background — it's the point. Dunia Path was built in his honor, and for every person like him: someone with potential, with skills, with a future — who was never given the infrastructure to build one before the system intervened.
Christopher's story is why we have a dedicated scholarship fund for people who are justice-impacted — or whose current situation puts them at risk: economic hardship, limited access to education, or circumstances that make the traditional path to opportunity feel impossible.
Funded through the generosity of changemakers, this $1.25M scholarship commitment exists because we believe the people who need this most shouldn't have to wait. If cost is the barrier, we remove it.
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AI is reshaping
the economy.
Not everyone
got the memo.
The communities most affected by over-policing, mass incarceration, and economic exclusion are the same ones being left behind by the AI economy. Jobs are changing. Wealth is concentrating. And the on-ramps that used to exist are disappearing.
We refuse to accept that as inevitable. Trade skills are durable. Community knowledge is real capital. The ability to cook, build, organize, cut hair, run a crew — these are businesses waiting to happen. What's missing is infrastructure, not potential.
The summer I sat on
the other side of the table.
In 2022, Chandell was selected as a Kapor Center Investment Fellow — one of 17 fellows placed inside venture capital firms across the Bay Area and New York to demystify an industry that has historically shut out Black and Brown investors and founders.
For the first time, she was the one reviewing deals, not pitching them. She watched capital move — how fast it deployed, where it went, and whose communities it consistently skipped. She left that summer with an undeniable conviction: the gap isn't talent. It's access, infrastructure, and who gets invited into the room.
That experience revealed what social impact investing could actually look like when it's done honestly — and sharpened the case for Dunia Path. Not charity. Not a program. A deliberate redirection of opportunity toward communities that workforce systems and capital markets have written off.
Kapor Center Investment Fellowship · 2022
What we
actually do.
We offer scholarships, vocational training, and entrepreneurship programming for underestimated founders and workers — people who've been told the door isn't open for them. We help them build their own.
Built for the
underestimated dreamer.
Someone who's been in
every room — and knows
who's always left outside.
Chandell Stone is a serial social entrepreneur, Harvard-trained educator, and Y Combinator alum building companies at the intersection of skills, income, and access to capital.
She began her career teaching mathematics in the Bronx and Harlem, later leading one of the highest-performing academic programs in her community. Her work has since expanded internationally, impacting over 100,000 people through education, entrepreneurship programs, and ecosystem-building initiatives.
Today, Chandell operates between the U.S. and Mexico, where she builds and scales platforms that support women founders, small business owners, and emerging entrepreneurs across Latin America. In Mexico, she has built an ecosystem of over 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate partners. As the Founder and CEO of Chany Ventures, she creates experiences, funding pathways, and communities that connect talent to real economic opportunity—particularly within the Latino community.
She serves on the advisory board of Village Capital and is a board member at Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network, contributing to efforts that expand access to entrepreneurship and capital for historically overlooked communities.
Dunia Path is built from her experience across classrooms, boardrooms, and founder ecosystems. She understands both how opportunity is created—and how often it’s gatekept. Her work focuses on practical pathways that turn skills into income, and income into long-term ownership.
Christopher’s story isn’t background detail. It’s the point. Dunia Path represents a broader community of people with real skill, real ambition, and the drive to build something of their own—if given the right pathway.
Ready to bet
on yourself?
We're ready to back you. Apply for a scholarship and take the first step toward building something that's yours.
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