As co-founder and director for Tapir Chocolates, Jose Mauricio Varela Naranjo has experience promoting sustainable chocolate brand using 100% cacao from Costa Rica and committed to preservation of an endangered species. For his CSP Practicum, Mauricio was placed at Mentor Capital Network in Washington, D.C. where he identified mentors that the MCN can engage to support social enterprises and interviewed entrepreneurs to identify stories and best practices to share. For his follow-on project in Costa Rica, Mauricio plans to found a cacao, chocolate, and vegan food hub education and commercialization center that thrives for innovation in food products.