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"Like many teenagers trying to decide where to go to college and what to do with their future, a young Amaryllis Fox made a list of pros and cons. Still unable to decide, she took a student trip to Thailand to get some global perspective, and there she went in a completely different direction than she might have expected. At the end of the trip, she made a split decision and simply refused to get on the plane home. She stayed for two more years, fund-raising for health clinics, where she became interested in creating a more sustainable donation model that would tap into a grassroots economy. Years later, after a BA from Oxford, a master&amp;#x27;s from Georgetown, and seven years working overseas in counterterrorism, she would do just that by launching Los Angeles-based Mulu&amp;amp;#8212;a Pinterest-esque site that allows people, retailers, celebrities, and other trendsetters to create profiles, recommending products, and where to purchase them. Proceeds from each purchase made can then be donated to a charity of the user&amp;#x27;s choice. Fox credits her teenage leap of faith with leading her down this path. &amp;quot;It&amp;#x27;s the most authentically &amp;#x27;me&amp;#x27; life that I ever could have found, and I never would have found it at the end of a list of pros and cons,&amp;quot; she declares. &amp;quot;When your instinct tells you to do something unreasonable, something off the beaten path, have faith that somewhere deep in your history, there are patterns that make you uniquely qualified to take the leap. Take it with both feet. You have no idea where it may lead, but wherever it does, I promise you, you&amp;#x27;ll come back with plenty of ideas worth spreading.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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