Personal Biography:

Camille Ramani is currently the Program Manager for Jobseeker Services at Upwardly Global. Prior to joining Upwardly Global, Camille worked as a Project Manager for Providian Financial and as a Curriculum Developer for PeopleSoft Inc. She also served as a Project Associate for the Office of Career Services at Columbia University and was the Project Evaluator and Senior Program Associate for Trickle Up, an international microenterprise program. She has worked in grassroots development projects in India and Indonesia.

Camille considers herself a “lifer” with her non-profit work. She is also the Co-founder and Co-Director of 3rd I: South Asian Independent Films, a media-arts non-profit which has grown into a national organization. A Bay Area native since the age of seven, Camille has served on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco chapter of Network of Indian Professionals. She holds an MA with a specialization in International Finance and Business from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Third World Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is conversant in Spanish, Hindi and Gujarati. Camille is an immigrant from India and came to San Francisco with her family 25 years ago. She has also lived in India, Indonesia, New York City, and Sydney, Australia.

In her free time, Camille enjoys surfing her home break at Pacifica Linda Mar Beach, spending time with family and friends, traveling, and foreign and mainstream films.

Goals:

I have several goals for the fellowship. As an immigrant and currently serving the immigrant communities in the Bay Area, I believe access is a key part of social change. Access comes in many forms and in our part of the world much of that is related to technology and resources. One of my goals if to understand and learn effective ways to combine policy, community development and technology to bring about the maximum access possible to underserved communities of color. Another goal is to interact with other professionals in the program to learn from them and build a solid network of individuals who can help and guide one another. Lastly, I hope to take my experiences and knowledge from the fellowship to implement effective strategies in my current non-profit endeavors to bring about social change.