Nikki Marín Baena is the loan officer of the Southern Reparations Loan Fund. Her parents are Colombian and she was born in North Jersey, but her heart will always belong to the mountains of North Carolina. She worked at Weaver Street Market and Firestorm Books and Cafe, both in North Carolina. She has also worked in worker-cooperative development since 2011, with a focus on immigrant communities. Nikki is passionate about cooperatives (as a means, not an end!), popular/experiential education, savings circles, telenovelas, potatoes, and making trouble.