Theme: HINDSIGHT

TEDx Ferguson Library 2020 will take place on Saturday, May 16th. This year’s theme will be HINDSIGHT.

Information about this event (and our past TEDx events) can be found at https://fergusonlibrary.org/tedxfergusonlibrary.

Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2020.

Ferguson Library
One Public Library Plaza
Stamford, Connecticut, 06904
United States

Heather Hansen O'Neill

Heather is an international speaker, author, certified success coach and always in search of a good adventure. She is also the host of the From Fear to Fire podcast and founder of L-FOCUS (Leadership For Our Children’s Ultimate Success). She stimulates vibrant energy, focus, and action for those who want to collaborate effectively, lead change and achieve massive results. Her research and passion for the YouMust.Live project keeps her awake at night in the hopes of a brighter future for all our children.

Marisa T. Cohen

Dr. Marisa T. Cohen is a relationship scientist, relationship coach, and teaches college-level psychology courses. She is also the Head of Couple Relationships at Paired couples app. Dr. Cohen is the author of From First Kiss to Forever: A Scientific Approach to Love, a book that relates relationship science research to everyday experiences and real relationship issues confronted by couples. She is also the author of Finding Love: The Scientific Take, a Psychology Today blog and Love Lessons, a Long Island Weekly newspaper column.

Niha Burugapalli

Niha is a first-year student at the University of Toronto who enjoys finding the intersections in her passions like art, service, and science. She has had the pleasure of exhibiting her paintings in local art galleries and museums in Connecticut as well as the US Capitol Building. She uses her paintings as a form of activism, drawing attention to society’s pivotal problems to enact positive change. Through art, she has been able to experientially demonstrate that it’s never too late to learn something new, challenging ageism and combating society’s negative perception of the elderly by teaching guided painting sessions to people in nursing homes who may not have painted since childhood. Art’s healing properties led her to connect with patients in rehabilitation units of hospitals. Over the past years, she’s had the humbling experience of painting alongside people from Vietnam veterans to cancer survivors to people recovering from traumatic brain injuries. She hopes to keep finding innovative ideas to help people with her art and other interests and hopes that sharing her experience and ideas can empower students to find new ways to integrate their own talents into helping others.

Raul Villacis

Raul Villacis is an entrepreneur, investor and mentor. He is the founder The Next Level Experience – An organization designed to help successful entrepreneurs and CEOs find clarity and achieve balance in their personal and professional lives. The system that he teaches is called The EDGE. And the bootcamp style mastermind gives men the opportunity to re-discover the edge they once had. His programs have been sold out and is currently working on expanding his events to Latin America. In addition to this he owns a real estate firm and a media company that produces content for distribution. He began his journey as an entrepreneur at the age of 23 when he started his own real estate company. By the time he was 30, his real estate company had become the largest latino-owned real estate investment firm in Connecticut. Servicing major financial institutions and hedge funds his company found a way to tap into a niche market. He is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur Magazine as well as Forbes. In addition to his work with The Next Level Experience and other businesses he’s passionate about helping the next generation of entrepreneurs find their message. Together with his son they have spoken on many stages to inspire parents and kids to take the risk and find their purpose. You can find out more about him at www.RaulVillacis.com.