Inessa Love received her Ph.D. in financial economics from Columbia Business School in New York, her M.A. in Applied Economics from The American University in Washington, DC, and a B.A. in applied mathematics from Zaporozhye State University in Ukraine. Inessa joined the University of Hawaii in August 2012. Previously, she was at the World Bank where she worked in numerous countries and regions and participated in a variety of applied policy projects, including financial sector assessments, improving access to finance, and evaluating business environment reforms. 

Her research has focused on financial sector development, corporate finance, small and medium enterprise financing, impact evaluation, and financial crisis. She has been a part of an on-going project that collects and analyses world-wide data on entrepreneurship sponsored by the Kaufman Foundation. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Letters and others.

In the The Heart of Connection: Guided Meditations for Inner Peace and Harmonious Relationships audio CD, Inessa offers guided meditations with Miki Kashtan and Robert Gonzales. She has also been involved in the Family Heart Camp Gathering; a weeklong immersion in Compassionate Communication for families, held in an oasis of natural beauty near Washington, DC that offers parents a chance to reflect and learn valuable skills, children a chance to play and explore, and families a chance to grow together, all with loving support.