Founder & CEO
Epic Change
Stacey Monk is the CEO & co-founder of Epic Change, a startup nonprofit that amplifies the voices and impact of grassroots changemakers. The organization began its work in Arusha, Tanzania, where Stacey met Mama Lucy Kamptoni, a former chicken farmer who used her income to build a school in her village. Epic Change has rallied thousands of people across the globe to invest nearly $300,000 in the school so far to build a locally-led primary and secondary school for nearly 600 children that is now completely self-sufficient and consistently ranks among the top 3 out of over 120 in its district. The school’s founder, Mama Lucy, has already repaid nearly $20,000 of that investment, and funds have been recycled to invest in Nepali changemaker Subhash Ghimire who has now used the funds to build a primary school in the village where he was born and raised.