As a Kenyan mother once said: "My dreams are not exactly how I imagined them when I was a child" (n.d.). Jacqueline Novogratz, a modern philanthropist, understands this better than many. A typical American girl, she found herself in Africa, helping voiceless women in their world. She had never planned for growth like this, but her leadership, determination, and new way of looking at the world were in her from the beginning. The only part of her childhood that foreshadowed her future successes was a blue sweater she loved as a child. Ironically, she had two zebras and Mount Kilimanjaro on her front, even though she didn't even know the mountain existed at the time. Having been ridiculed for wearing the beloved sweater, she gave it to Goodwill, only to find it ten years later on a young Kenyan boy. As Novogratz notes: It may have arrived first to a little girl in the United States, then again to Goodwill before traveling across the ocean, most likely to Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya... It would have arrived after being fumigated and packed in Bales 100-pounder along with other discarded pieces of clothing... The bales would be sold to second-hand clothing distributors, who would allow retailers to discard the useless pieces and buy what they thought they could sell. (2009, p. 3). It was a miracle that the sweater made it to Africa and, in a way, it was a miracle that Jacqueline came too. After college, Novogratz got a job at Chase Manhattan Bank which was his dream. come true. The work took her to travel around the world, learning how each economy worked and seeing the impact the bank's loans had on people. This is where he found his heart for the poor. More specifically, he found it in Rio, Brazil. There “…to clear the mill… half the paper… Most of the women who worked there had been killed, and some of his closest friends had been put in prison. Works CitedAcumen Fund. (2013). Jacqueline Novogratz. Retrieved from http://acumen.org/people/board/jacqueline-novogratz/Bryant, Adam. (2012). When humanity and audacity go hand in hand. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/business/jacqueline-novogratz-of acumen-fund-on-pairs-of-values.html?_r=0Novogratz, Jacqueline. (2009). The blue sweater. New York City: Rondale Incorporation Novogratz, Jacqueline. (2010). Jacqueline Novogratz: philanthropist. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/speakers/jacqueline_novogratz.htmlPetrilla, Molly. (2013). Q&A: Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund. Smart planet. Retrieved from http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/qa-jacqueline-novogratz-founder-and-ceo-acumen-fund/9393