I build the infrastructure that lets people grow, then I hand over the keys.

First-generation immigrant, first in my family with a graduate degree, and fifteen years spent making sure the next person doesn't have to build alone. I've founded or led five organizations, in nonprofit, civic, academic, and advisory settings, and each one exists because a group of people couldn't get what they needed to grow.

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How This Fits Together

Emerge and Rise, WINC Circle, Founder institute, the San Antonio Applied Innovation Council, the curriculum I built at Palo Alto College, and consulting/advising at Korevia Advisory Group: five different rooms, the same move every time. Find where a group of people can't get what they need to grow, whether that's capital, mentors, market access, or a classroom that connects to a real business. Build the program or the institution that closes the gap. Then run it, or hand someone else the keys.
Dr. Lina Rugova, DBA

By The Numbers

5organizations founded, co‑founded, or led
300+entrepreneurs and small business owners engaged
45partner organizations, universities, and institutions
7countries connected through cross‑border ecosystem partnerships
$5M–$20Mcapital raises advised
450+students served annually across teaching and mentorship

Who this is for

Build

Public and Private Organizations

You're trying to grow a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, not just run isolated programs. I build the systems, partnerships, and programming that make that growth measurable.

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Advise

Investors and Capital Partners

You need a growth partner who understands the strategy and the execution behind a raise. Through Korevia Advisory Group and a wider network of investors and capital partners, I advise on the growth and capital strategy behind market entry and fundraising for SMEs and early-stage companies.

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Facilitate

Entrepreneurs and Founders

You need real access, not another networking event. Emerge and Rise connects entrepreneurs to mentors, funding, and each other, in San Antonio and across seven countries, through workshops and programming I facilitate directly.

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Teach

Colleges and Universities

You want your business curriculum to reflect what's actually happening in the market. As faculty and AI Faculty Lead at Palo Alto College, I teach and write the coursework and consulting partnerships that connect classrooms to real businesses.

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