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She Grew Up Between Two Worlds. Now She's Changing How Money Moves Between Them | Alicia DeLia Part 2/2
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What does it cost to put something sacred on a term sheet? For women in leadership and impact investing, this question is everything.
Alicia DeLia's answer will stop you: "I don't think there's a cost in putting it there. I think there's a cost in not putting it there. And that's what we've seen this world become."
In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Alicia — founder of Buen Vivir Capital Institute — goes deep on the building of something entirely new. She tells the story of growing in a multi-class family, with ambassadors on her Cameroonian chief father's side and watching her Salvadoran immigrant mother put in overtime to make sure the check cleared for her school field trip. That childhood became the architecture of everything Alicia is building.
Alicia breaks down:
- What Buen Vivir actually means — the Ubuntu of Latin America — and why pairing an Indigenous philosophy with a capital institute is not an oxymoron, it's the point
- How growing up multi-class — not just multiracial — shaped her entire approach to fundraising and who gets funded
- Why she built an institute and not a fund — and what thinking in 40-year infrastructure actually looks like
- The real reason she chose Mexico City over New York or DC for her launch — and what it teaches women in leadership about where to seek your first yes
- Why "it's fun to do capital this way" is not soft — it's the most subversive thing you can say in a funding room
- How to curate a room where power shifts without anyone having to announce it
Haven't listened to Part 1? Go back. This conversation builds on everything there.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction & What You'll Learn Today
03:30 Why She Left the Consulting Seat
07:00 Growing Up Multi-Class — Ambassadors and $15 Field Trips in the Same Week
13:00 What Buen Vivir Actually Means — The Ubuntu of Latin America
18:30 Pairing Something Sacred With a Term Sheet
24:00 "I Don't Think There's a Cost in Putting It There"
29:00 Why She Chose Mexico City Over New York or DC
35:00 How to Curate a Room Where Power Shifts
40:00 It's Fun to Do Capital This Way
44:00 Right Relationship — Credit to Jessica Norwood and RUNWAY
48:00 Building for 40 Years — Why It's an Institute Not a Fund
52:00 The Money Game — Rapid Fire
57:00 The Whole Damn Talk — Work with Magogodi
Resources Mentioned:
📚 The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk
🌺 VidaAfroLatina — Lori Robinson → vidaafrolatina.org
Connect with Alicia
🔗 LinkedIn: Alicia DeLia
🏢 Buen Vivir Capital Institute: linkedin.com/company/buen-vivir-capital-institute
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