Mariel helps founders and small business owners from all over the country raise from their communities on Wefunder, where she also spearheads the City Partner initiative, which focuses on supporting underestimated founders from overlooked cities and regions.

Prior to Wefunder, she provided fundraising support for women founders @Makelane, worked on the future of cohort-based education @Monthly, spent 2 years studying spinal cord stimulation devices for chronic pain treatment, and invested in student founders for 3 years with First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund.