Nov 14On COP27 & Latin America’s Gen ZThese days the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP27) is taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. …Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Oct 28On Philanthropy, Education and Climate ChangeIt was my freshman year of college when I began understanding the opportunities and commitment to change I faced. During my university experience, I understood that the experience was beyond the classroom and I met people who would permanently enrich my life. I found a fascination in the gatherings between…Philanthropy3 min readPhilanthropy3 min read
Sep 14An Invitation to a New Path for Latin American EntrepreneursFew moments have had such an impact on my life. Rarely has an event changed my understanding of the world so dramatically, with such perfect delivery. Yet it has taken me nineteen years to act on what I learned that day. It was 2003 and I had the opportunity to…Climate Change4 min readClimate Change4 min read
Sep 7What I’ve Read in 2021I’m just realizing I didn’t post this article when I wrote it. Never too late. I did read a lot again in 2021, and as always, I enjoy sharing my books and recommendations. Thanks to the public commitment to this personal goal, for the fifth year in a row, I…Reading4 min readReading4 min read
Aug 25, 2021Why ALLVP doubled down on FLINKHow Sergio and Ricardo took a small startup with a magical product-market fit to become the free-trading platform in Spanish-speaking LatAm in a matter of months. A large, vibrant and ambitious generation of young Latin Americans is causing the clearest revolution in the region in decades. This youth is now…4 min read4 min read
Mar 10, 2021El México que anheloEn un día de contrastes, de esperanza, de dolor, de incongruencia, de lucha, con admiración y orgullo, reflexiono en el México que anhelo, por el que sé que no nos vamos a rendir. Algunas ideas del México que construiremos: Un México feminista — donde ser mujer no conlleva perder ningun…Mexico4 min readMexico4 min read
Dec 21, 2020Entrepreneurs to replace Rent-SeekersI am convinced that Mexico (and this argument applies to the rest of Latin America) must become a country of entrepreneurs and leave behind a reputation of rent-seekers, oligopolistic economies, in order to really achieve its full potential. What do I mean? I am not romanticizing entrepreneurship nor belittling the…3 min read3 min read
Dec 20, 2020What I’ve Read in 20202020 is coming to an end, and as I write this, I discern if it may be trivial and tone-deaf to talk about my annual reading experience these days. …Reading5 min readReading5 min read
Dec 20, 2019What I’ve Read in 2019To anyone who reads my posts and tweets, it is by now no secret that I am an avid reader. During Christmas 2017 Ana my daughter challenged me to read 52 books and track them on GoodReads Books, which I took as a motivator to retake this old habit. …Books5 min readBooks5 min read
Dec 15, 2018What I’ve Read in 2018What I’ve Read in 2018 I have been an avid reader since childhood. Getting immersed in a book and being completely absorbed for hours is part of my fondest memories (and still material for my brothers to tease me about). …4 min read4 min read
