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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 3-6, 2018 Duran takes the helm a plane to Park City to visit her sister, who was living in the city at the time. They received political asylum and remained. But once they were here, things were never the same. Duran’s mother cleaned houses and was a teacher’s assistant, while her father worked at Walmart. Eventually, her father started a taxi company. Since he was not fluent in English, the task of conducting interviews for drivers fell on Duran. “That is when the light bulb went off,” she said. “I was like, ‘Wow, you can skip the whole climbing the ladder thing in the corporate world by starting your own business.’” The recent high school graduate was not planning on attending college. But after her mother applied for her and she was accepted into the University of Utah, she thought she would give it a try. Once there, she learned about the university’s Foundry program, which helps students turn ideas into businesses. She entered the program focused on her boyfriend’s startup sticker business and helped it grow for two years. Then, she started an outerwear clothing and accessories company. “That was a huge learning moment, because it was that experiential, hands-on learning experience that really transformed the way I thought about education,” she said. She started to apply the business classes she was taking to real-life scenarios. When she graduated in 2015, she found a job doing marketing for a software company. After working there for a few months, the company changed her duties to be a right-hand helper for managers. She declined the position and they laid her off. Jobless, she returned to entrepreneurship. She helped an LED light bulb startup with sales and marketing, but still felt like the job was not “intellectually stimulating.” What she did enjoy was volunteering with The Foundry and advising entrepreneurs on how to kick their ideas into gear. When given the opportunity, she started running The Foundry program at PandoLabs in the fall of 2016. The following spring, everything fell into place. “That is when the light bulb went off. I was like, ‘Wow, you can skip the whole climbing the ladder thing in the corporate world by starting your own business,’” A-17 that same time, she also became the manager of the angel investing network Park City Angels. By October, McAleer announced that he was leaving to do more consulting, and Duran was hired to take the helm as the associate director. McAleer said that PandoLabs has been fortunate to have found someone with Duran’s passion for making a difference in the community. “The experiences that she already has in entrepreneurship and in coaching entrepreneurs through The Foundry program enables her to be a strong role model for our PandoLabs community of entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, mentors, freelancers and capital providers,” he said. Duran said that she is thrilled to be on the path that she is now, leading an organization that can have an influence on numerous businesses, and even more proud knowing that she is a young, Latina woman. Duran said that helping people realize their dreams and receive resources to help them is fulfilling. As she prepares to launch three peer-to-peer entrepreneurial cohorts, including one in Spanish, she is hopeful that the organization can make a difference. “I’m excited to scale the impact that PandoLabs can have,” she said. C M Juliana Duran, PandoLabs Y CM The marketing and program manager announced he was leaving, and Duran was hired by the former executive director, Ted McAleer, to fill the position in May. Having never managed before, she learned by hiring two high school students. 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