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About Me

I was born in Argentina and in 2006 I moved to New York. Since then, I've finished school at Clarkson, landed a job at IBM as a communications consultant, and seen about 100 TED videos. Some of the things I think are interesting enough to share here follow in a couple of lists.

-My current occupations
Consultant, currently on an SAP implementation
Mom's personal translator

-TED TALKS
Space Trek 20 (Brian Cox, you rock)
On Life's Lessons & Confessions
Brave Neuro World

-Things I like to do
Connecting!
Learning about the cosmos, psychology, and sometimes history
Reiki and holographic therapy
Watching movies (if I like one, I can watch it over and over again)
Traveling (I've been in majority of Europe, now it's time for Asia)

-Things you will find me doing after work
Going to Barnes & Noble and getting lost in time
Torturing my friend Jake to go to some clothing sale
Having dinner and drinks with friends in the city
Walking around
Running to catch a train

-MOVIES
Cloud Atlas
The help
The hours

Location:
United States, Croton On Hudson, NY
Current organization:
IBM - Consulting
Current role:
Consultant
Gender:
Female
I am:
Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Explorer, Global soul, World traveler
Associations:
National Association of Professional Women, Phi Theta Kappa Alumni, Alpha Kappa Psi Alumni
Languages:
English, Spanish
My website links:
LinkedIn
Universities:
Westchester Comunity College NY, Clarkson University

More About Me

I'm passionate about

Thinking and doing things to improve my life and give back, spiritually and professionally... and love doing both while traveling!

An idea worth spreading

Connect- always connect to yourself and others. Even if it seems silly, if you open my profile and thought that we might have an interesting conversation go ahead and message me. I feel that all the media tools surrounding us (phones, email, facebook) are not getting us closer. We are actually drifting apart from each other, even from ourselves. It is time that we chose human connection (and maybe if we find aliens, too) and yes, if facebook or other tools help, great, but not be buried by them.

Talk to me about

The cosmos, reiki and other self energy topics, movies, your interests, really almost ANYTHING. Please note I am not crazy about religion and do not like people who like to impose their ideas on me.

My TED Story

I do need more that 1000 characters... this story started years ago but only took some constructive shape in the beginning of 2012 when i started watching TED videos all the time. I then realized I had been watching them long before that not knowing they were TED videos at Clarkson University. Now I am an avid watcher, usually doing my own research after watching some interesting video. TED is a topic I usually bring in conversations with my co-workers and friends. I plan to apply to go to TED global in 2014 but that is a while from now so in the meantime I am going to try to catch any of my favorite talkers in NYC, close to where I live, after all, if there is something nice about NYC is that there are always bright people coming into town.

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  • A comment on Conversation: How do you find your transcendence?

    Mar 4 2013: I've been able to feel this way when doing resonance repatterning. Other than that, I do have a hard time trying to "become the Universe", but I firmly believe we all can if we believe that the only thing in life is not just about ourselves. Must confess that after watching some movies I have been able to reconnect to that feeling and it has been amazing but it does take work control over our own minds and thoughts (which I struggle with). One of these movies has been Cloud Atlas, which I highly recommend.

  • A reply on Talk: Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war

    Mar 4 2013: It is so important that people like you raise their voice, but to tell you the truth, I haven't been able to find many large blogs, or maybe they are just not well publicized. Either way, I couldn't never see your people as just poor. I see you as complete and complex with so much to give to the rest of the world.

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