Charlie Javice was once celebrated as a promising young entrepreneur. After all, she was only 17 years old when, in spring 2009, she met with Howard Finkelstein, an attorney who advises startups, at an event hosted by New York University.

Javice was there to network about her new startup, PoverUp, a platform to help students launch microfinance clubs.

“She could start conversations with anyone and continue endlessly,” Finkelstein told former Fortune finance reporter Luisa Beltran. But Javice was so young at the time Finkelstein required her to have a parent’s permission in order to advise her. In addition to her entrepreneurial goals, she wanted to start a worldwide organization to help people get out of poverty.

“Yeah, she wanted to change the world,” Finkelstein told Fortune .

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