Gitcoin username: carlosjmelgar
ETH Address: carlosjmelgar.eth
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
I’m passionate about developing real life uses cases for web3 tools that don’t revolve around investing. This passion comes from my own life experiences before and after access to the internet. I started experimenting with “Impact Onboarding” before I knew about the web3 public goods community or grant funding for building in this niche within a niche. Doing this from an emerging economy at times felt like it was pointless because I didn’t see many others in my region experimenting with impactful use cases for web3 and at times felt like the industry loved it in theory, but didn’t pay attention to it in practice. It’s become obvious that the public goods space is here for it and I want to help others, specifically in emerging economies, use crypto to regenerate the world.
My flavor of public goods doesn’t get the attention that OSS and Eth Infra do, and understandably so with the industry being built on top of those. At times we’ve seen important topics like DEI and Climate Solutions be close to falling out of consideration for featured rounds. I believe that’s due to a lack of representation from those communities. I don’t expect the core to understand the challenges faced in Latin America and the opportunity we have to help solve them with web3. Just like I don’t expect the anyone in tech to understand the importance of protection delicate marine ecosystems that contribute to our existence.
I would like to be considered as a Steward to increase representation of my region and builders using web3 tools for impact in everyday life.
What Web3 Qualifications / Skills I have:
- Worked in web3 since 2020 as CMO, Biz Dev, product innovation, advisor
- Founder of web3beach which has onboarded thousands of people to web3 through social and environmental impact
- Community building
- I’ve helped on a couple of rounds, mainly Climate Solutions
- I actively advise many LatAm based Public Goods projects
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