Baptista is a seasoned Real Estate professional with several years of experience across the Commercial Real Estate industry. He has a background in lending and brokerage, and utilizes his network to create new business opportunities for his connections. Quick learning and adaptability to adverse situations has brought Baptista much success. He is not one to shy away from a challenge, and instead v
iews obstacles as new learning opportunities. As a 1st generation Cape Verdean-American, Baptista is quadrilingual, and loves presenting and practicing public speaking. Baptista's burning desire is to increase Diversity within the Commercial Real Estate industry to 10% by 2032. He believes this is achievable by companies providing early exposure for high schoolers and mentorship programs in communities of color, and intentionally increasing their demographics by 1% each year.