Four Colorado Alumni Impact Stories
With two fully virtual cohorts completed in 2024 and 2025, SEA Change is expanding access to Social Enterprise across Colorado—giving founders the flexibility, community, mentorship, and tools they need to build businesses that do good from day one.
Our virtual training model makes it possible for Social Entrepreneurs from across the state to participate, no matter where they live. Each cohort culminates in a Showcase event, giving these founders a chance to share their stories and ideas with an audience far beyond their own communities.
And the impact doesn’t stop when the cohort ends.
From immigrant storytelling to community-owned technology, SEA Change Colorado Alumni are turning good ideas into measurable impact.
Here are four stories that show what’s possible when Social Entrepreneurs receive support early on in their journey to help them take their next step.
Cocina Libre: Publishes second book
Dr. Julia Roncoroni completed SEA Change in 2024 as part of the inaugural Colorado cohort. Her Social Enterprise, Cocina Libre, connects communities through immigrant-made dishes and storytelling. In 2025, she celebrated the launch of her second book, Sazón & Liberation—a cookbook featuring recipes and stories from 17 immigrant chefs from across Latin America and Ethiopia.
We Hate Exercise: When movement becomes medicine
2024 Alum, Dr. Sam Monson, is the founder of We Hate Exercise. She won our first Colorado Crowd Favorite Award in 2024 and quickly turned momentum into measurable results. With the app now fully functional and in pilot use, 90% of users became more active, contributing to a drop in depression from 60% to 11% and rates of anxiety fell from 90% to 44%.
Holaimpact: Language learning with dignity at the center
2025 Alum, Natalie Ipsen, is the founder of Holaimpact. She is reimagining language education by connecting Spanish learners with native speakers from underserved communities. In 2025, she launched its first pilot program, engaging 35 learners, securing its first ten paying clients, and creating paid opportunities for 12 native Spanish speakers, including women recovering from cancer. Pilot Program 2.0 launches next month!
User Cooperative: the people’s web browser
A 2024 Colorado Alum, User Cooperative, is putting ownership back in the hands of the people who power the internet. With the launch of Surge Browser v1.2, every click earns users a unit of equity—and a new in-browser ledger lets them watch their ownership grow in real time. From “the product” to an owner: now that’s a different kind of browser.
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