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Shavini Fernando founded OxiWear, a company developing a fashionable medical device that measures an at-risk person’s vital signs and immediately signals when those signs become dangerously low.

Zach Oschin co-founded Elenas, a digital-direct sales platform, based in Bogotá, that allows Latin American women to earn an income selling beauty products in a modern and efficient manner.

Juliette Silvain is the founder of CAVALL, a mobile app that connects interested buyers and sellers of sport horses at competitions.

Margarita Womack is the CEO of M’panadas, a wholesome food company that makes empanadas and sauces to fuel people looking for healthy snacks and meals on the go.

Venture Forward is a series of conversations with Georgetown entrepreneurs that explores the roads they’ve traveled to launch their companies, and unexpected turns that mark their paths. Season One features the stand out companies that won Georgetown’s most prominent pitch competition.

Shavini Fernando is a Georgetown alum with a life threatening disease who invented a medical device to prolong and enhance the lives of the millions of people who suffer from this ailment. Her company, OxiWear, has turned this device into a fashionable accessory that monitors the oxygen level in th…

Zach Oschin co-founded Elenas, a social selling platform headquartered in Bogotá Colombia that is taking the beauty products industry by storm. In just over a year, Zach and his team have recruited 14,000+ Colombians to join the company to sell make up and accessories to women in their social circl…

Juliette Silvain is the founder of CAVALL, a mobile app company that brings buyers and sellers of horses together at major equestrian competitions.

Margarita Womack is the CEO of M’Panadas, a healthy food company that makes empanadas and sauces that are offered in grocery stores and hotels and large venues across the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. Margarita is also a scientist and a mother of three who understands the need for healthy, tasty…