Fernanda Orduña Rangel, co-founder of Decaf, shares her journey from industrial engineer to blockchain developer building financial inclusion solutions on Stellar. Decaf enables users in Latin America and Africa to hold value in USDC and invest, addressing real-world financial exclusion and inflation protection.
This interview features Fernanda Orduña Rangel, co-founder and developer at Decaf, discussing her path into coding and blockchain development. Starting as an industrial engineer, she discovered her passion for programming and eventually entered the crypto ecosystem in 2021. Rather than pursuing NFT speculation, Fernanda was motivated by witnessing financial exclusion in Latin America and recognized blockchain's potential to provide affordable, fast transactions. Decaf focuses on enabling people to hold value in US dollars via USDC and invest, initially targeting Latin America but now serving more users in Africa. The interview explores her daily routine, work-life balance through surfing, and her fulfillment from seeing real users benefit from Decaf's solutions in solving actual financial problems.
