3x founder

Chandell Stone

Scaling Access to Capital & Careers | YC | Harvard + Other Fancy Accolades

Founder

Degrees of Freedom· Winter 2021Mexico City Metropolitan Area

in LinkedIn

2026Vice President· Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network

Founder · since 2014

Company

Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network

Role

Vice President

current

Stage

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Degrees of Freedom

DoF provides a high quality, affordable higher education alternative.

Winter 2021

Experience

Career

Chany Ventures
Founder
Founder & Managing Partner · Mexico City, Mexico · 2023 – Present
2023
Academy of Career Training
Owner · Kissimmee, FL · 2026 – Present
2026
Hospitality ESL
Chief Product Officer · Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia · 2023 – Present
2023
Academy of Career Training
Owner · Kissimmee, FL · 2026 – Present
2026
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network
Board Member - Vice President · 2026 – Present
2026
Techstars
Mentor · 2022 – Present
2022
Village Capital
Advisory Board Member - US Women in Tech Program · 2025 – 2026
2025
Destination Impact
Founder
Founder · 2014 – 2022
2014
Kapor Capital
VC Fellow: Investment & Ecosystem Building · Oakland, California, Estados Unidos · 2022
2022
Degrees of Freedom
Co-founder
Co-Founder (YC W21) · 2020 – 2021
2020
Building Excellent Schools
Fellow · Greater Atlanta Area · 2019 – 2020
2019
Georgia Charter Schools Association
Fellow · Greater Atlanta Area · 2019 – 2020
2019
Success Academy Charter Schools
Assistant Principal · Bronx, New York · 2016 – 2018
2016
Math for America
Early Career Fellow · Greater New York City Area · 2015 – 2016
2015
Democracy Prep Public Schools
Algebra 2/ Trigonometery Teacher · Harlem, NY · 2014 – 2016
2014
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Vice President of Diversity · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 2013 – 2014
2013

Bio

Chandell is a serial social entrepreneur. She began her career serving low-income students in the Bronx and Harlem with demonstrated results. She simultaneously launched a multi-national volunteer travel company, Destination Impact. and later founded a virtual assistant services company, Stone Solutions, outsourcing administrative tasks for entrepreneurs and small business owners to talented African young professionals. She is now leading the design and launch of Degrees of Freedom