Jessamyn rodriguez biography
Jessamyn rodriguez biography
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Jessamyn Rodriguez
Canadian-American social entrepreneur
Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez is an American social entrepreneur, educator, and hospitality executive.
She is the managing director of the Jim Joseph Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing Jewish education across North America.
Early life and education
Jessamyn Waldman was born in Kingston, Ontario, and raised in Toronto.
Her parents were teachers, and her great-grandfather was an immigrant from Russia.[citation needed] She spent her childhood in rural Ontario, where it was hard to find challah for Sabbath dinner, so her mother would braid their own.[relevant?][citation needed]
She studied Latin American Studies and Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia, where she spent a year abroad in Santiago, Chile, and worked on an international development project, teaching human rights and health education in Guatemala.
She earned a degree in public adm