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Age: 27
Title: Assistant Vice President
Name of Organization: Fifth
Third Bank
Dahlia is a passionate and
strategic leader with an entre-
preneurial mindset. She is fo-
cused on expanding access to
capital, financial literacy, and
creating generational wealth
in Latinx communities.
Currently, Dahlia is an As-
sistant Vice President at Fifth
Third Bank managing a portfo-
lio totaling over $100 million in
loan commitments. In this role,
Dahlia supports and expands
client relationships, specifica-
lly focusing on nonprofit and
social service agencies.
Dahlia believes her role as
a banker is to support com-
munities by engaging in a true
partnership with her clients
– to learn the priorities of the
management team and to help
them achieve their mission
through access to capital and
access to the Bank's networks.
In addition to her work at
the Bank, Dahlia is also Head
of Membership for Angeles In-
vestors, a national angel inves-
tor group focused on investing
in and mentoring Latinx-led
startup ventures. In this capa-
city, Dahlia focuses on recrui-
ting angel investors who sup-
port the Angeles mission.
Specifically, she is eager to
expand venture capital fun-
ding to female and Latinx
founded companies.
Dahlia serves on the as-
sociate board of Allies for
Community Business, a com-
munity lender that prioritizes
working with entrepreneurs
that have been traditionally
underserved including Black
and Latinx, women, and
low-income entrepreneurs.
Dahlia also serves on Fifth
Third Bank's Latino Business
Resource Group helping to
coordinate networking oppor-
tunities and volunteer efforts
with Latinx serving nonpro-
fits in Chicago. Outside of her
professional life, Dahlia en-
joys traveling, golfing, and ea-
ting at new restaurants in her
South Loop neighborhood.
Dahlia was a first genera-
tion graduate and earned a
B.A. in Economics from Domi-
nican University.
Dahlia Mijarez
Caring
for clients
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"B
ring your whole self. In
everything you do and any
room you are in, bring your unique
background and experiences to the
table."
