Rey Faustino
CEO in San Francisco, California
Rey Faustino
CEO in San Francisco, California
Entrepreneur, innovator & advocate for educational equity
Rey Faustino launched One Degree, nonprofit technology-driven organization to revolutionize the way striving families -- and the people who help them -- access community resources. One Degree's mission is to empower people to create a path out of poverty for themselves and for their communities.
Rey began his career as a teacher and later was the site director at BUILD, a college access nonprofit organization that propels low-income minority youth to attain a college education.
Rey earned his Bachelor's in Business Entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California and his Master in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Rey is an alumnus of Y Combinator, an Echoing Green Fellow, and an Education Pioneers Fellow. Rey was awarded the Emerging Global Leader award by Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and nominated for the inaugural Visionary of the Year Award by the San Francisco Chronicle.