A graduate student at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Malena Lopez-Sotelo was enrolled in the MBA program with concentrations in finance and marketing analysis and strategy. She contributed to the data analysis and oral history teams. She worked on data analysis and visualization efforts that delve deeper into state mortgage market dynamics as well as conducting mortgage originator and broker interviews that shed anecdotal light on the complex housing industry. As a fun fact, Malena was the President of Fuqua’s Blockchain club and spent her free time exploring cryptocurrencies.