Farmata Fall is the associate director of finance at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Originally from Nouakchott, Mauritania, she came to the United States to learn English at Georgetown University. From there, she transferred to the University of the West in California, where she received her bachelor’s in business administration-accounting and graduated as the valedictorian of her class. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, Fall worked at the University of the West in collaboration with the IRS as the site coordinator of the IRS VITA program and interned at BAMIS Bank in Nouakchott. Fall served as the vice president of the Student Government and the vice president of the Entrepreneurship Club while she attended the University of the West.