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  given name: Goose (Jonah Peralta)
  motivations: I have personally benefitted from the digital asset industry and from Cardano specifically. It allowed me to partake in investments that the United States deemed me unworthy to participate in (unaccredited investor laws) and I was able to uproot myself from a low-income environment. There are far more people in the world who have it worse off. My motivation is to provide access to financial technology that can enable and empower these people so that they may also uproot themselves from their inherent problems.
  objectives: The world is full of unfairness. The disenfranchised, the unempowered and the forgotten, all have an equal and fair opportunity by the technology that Cardano can provide (if done correctly) to empower themselves within their homes, their communities, and their country's. I strive to be a pillar for the Cardano voting class that represents that directive.
  qualifications: I have been in Cardano since 2018, initially as an investor, and then as a builder. I Co-Founded ADA Handle along side colleagues which has grown to be the largest naming solution on Cardano with over 270,000 Handles minted to over 70,000 unique users. I am currently the CEO of Kora Labs which is the development firm behind ADA Handle. I have participated in numerous spaces, townhalls, and fireside chats alongside other Cardano community members. In the efforts of getting Handles implemented across the Cardano dApp ecosystem I have met with nearly every team and spoke with them, learned from them, and built rapport with them.
  references: Link
    label: Twitter
    uri: https://x.com/GooseOfCrypto