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José E. Feliciano, an MAE Alum (’94), and his wife Kwanza Jones (Princeton graduate ‘93), make a major donation to support the University’s strategic goal of undergraduate expansion. Two adjoining dormitories are being constructed in one of the two new residential colleges being built at Princeton and will be named after them.

Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano have made a major gift to Princeton University, a $20 million contribution that is the largest gift to date by Black and Latino donors, and one of a few extraordinary alumni commitments to the university’s strategic goal of undergraduate expansion, with the construction of two adjoining dormitories in one of the two new residential colleges being built at Princeton.

Largest gift to the University by Black and Latino donors expands ability of University to attract and support talented students from all backgrounds and highlights the promise of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for the larger community.

Representing the changing face of higher-ed philanthropy, largest gift to the University by Black and Latino donors expands Princeton’s ability to attract and support talented students from all backgrounds

Clearlake-co founder José Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones, aim to help the school house more students

“This is not the Princeton of Woodrow Wilson’s time”

Kwanza Jones is many things: an investor, a venture capitalist, a CEO, and an artist; but most importantly, Jones is what she calls a “catalyst,” someone who makes it her business to energize and empower others. Since 2014, Jones has been the co-founder and CEO of the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano SUPERCHARGED Initiative, a philanthropic grant-making and investment organization aiming to impact the areas of education, entrepreneurship, equal opportunity, and empowerment.

Kwanza Jones has been called a lot of things: investor, adviser, venture capitalist, music artist, video producer and director, philanthropist, and CEO. But her label of choice? Catalyst — a much more apt description of her dynamic personality.

Kwanza Jones, a prominent investor, philanthropist, lawyer and founder/CEO of lifestyle brand SUPERCHARGED® , will deliver Bennett College’s Commencement address on Saturday, May 4, at 10 a.m. on the campus Quadrangle. Jones and her husband, José E. Feliciano, made an historic donation of $1 million to the #StandWithBennett Campaign…

Kwanza Jones, a Los Angeles-based recording artist, producer, impact investor and philanthropist, will be the speaker at Winston-Salem State University’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony on May 10.