Rey Faustino

Biography

Rey Faustino is an entrepreneur, innovator and fervent advocate for educational equity. Rey wrote the first business plan for One Degree for a graduate school final project in 2010 to ensure that all families have access to services they need to overcome poverty. Over the last decade, Rey devoted his energy to low-income families and students as a teacher and subsequently a leader in educational nonprofit organizations. Previously Rey was the site director at BUILD, a college access nonprofit organization, where he designed and deployed business incubators and led eleven staff to propel low-income
minority youth to attain a college education. Rey is an Echoing Green Fellow, and an Education Pioneers Fellow. He received his B.S. in Business Entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California and his Master in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.