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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers

Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp!, was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. The daughter of Belizean immigrants, Kameale has always had a focus on environmental sustainability and community engagement.

With over a decade of experience in clean tech, Kameale formed ChargerHelp! with her co-founder, Evette Ellis, to create a reliable electric vehicle charging infrastructure. ChargerHelp! uses data to identify and provide maintenance and repair services for electric vehicle charging stations.

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Resources

• ChargerHelp! Partners with Tesla to Support Reliability at Charging Stations
• ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working
• Global Green Skills Report 2022
• Wired article: Broken Charging Stations Could Be Stalling the EV Movement
• Edison Energy article: These two trailblazing entrepreneurs are getting EV charging stations and people back to work
• TechCruch article: ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working
• LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
• Elemental Excelerator

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