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Dafina Dunmore

Dafina Dunmore is a bond analyst, DJ and former UMKC runner who joined The Amazing Race season 39 with her sister, fitness coach Saran Dunmore.

Biography

Dafina Dunmore is a Chicago bond analyst and DJ who competes alongside her sister Saran on The Amazing Race season 39. Her background spans university athletics, financial analysis and music.

Dunmore combines a finance career and DJ work with a background in competitive middle-distance running.

Known for

The Amazing Race season 39

Dunmore combines a finance career and DJ work with a background in competitive middle-distance running.[1][4]

Career highlights

  1. Career 1

    Middle-distance running

    After a year at Indiana University, Dunmore moved to UMKC. She won Mid-Continent indoor 800-metre titles in 1995 and 1996, and later recalled winning an outdoor 800-metre championship after finishing second over 1,500 metres.[4]

  2. Career 2

    Education in finance

    Dunmore earned a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of CFA Society Chicago.[5]

  3. Career 3

    Fitch Ratings career

    Fitch identifies Dunmore as a senior director in its North American Non-Bank Financial Institutions group, leading coverage of alternative investment managers. Her earlier work included equity analysis at Morningstar and financial analysis at ServiceMaster.[5]

  4. Career 4

    Music outside the office

    In a 2015 interview with UMKC Athletics, Dunmore spoke about taking up DJing. She described music as a creative outlet alongside finance.[4]

  5. Career 5

    Racing with her sister

    CBS introduced Dafina and Saran as sisters and best friends from Chicago. The season paired the bond analyst and DJ with Saran, a personal trainer who founded Kids Leading Kids.[1]