2.  I was born in Oriente Cuba in 1942  I came to the united states at the age of 15

3.  I received my master’s degree in business administration from the New York University Graduate School of Business  I was a professor of finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  I was also an assistant and associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

4.  I am an author of numerous books and articles on international finance  I am a member of the board of directors of several corporations.

5.  I graduated from the university of Puerto Rico

6.  I was also an assistant and associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School

7. iin 1969 I became the first female hired to teach at the Harvard Business School TThen I became a professor of international finance at the University of Illinois.

8.  I was confirmed by the us senate as one of the five directors of the ex-im bank, an independent agency whose purpose is to improve U.S. trade with other countries.

9.  For over sixteen years, I was a full time member of the Board of Directors of the Export and Import Bank of the United States.  I served as an International Finance Consultant from March 1999 to September 2002

10.  I have been an Independent Director of Affiliated Managers Group Inc. since January 2000 I