Some people are born with a passion and a drive that lets them know what they’ll be doing for the rest of their lives. That wasn’t my case because of the many options and cultures I was exposed to growing up. I wanted to do it all: from fashion designing to dancing, to writing, to being a businesswoman, to changing the world.

That’s why it took me a bit longer to get to know I wanted a career in media.

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I was born in Pereira, Colombia, in a family of travelers. Still to this date, we proudly call ourselves “gitanos” or gypsies. The travels were more like adventurers, but the gypsy joke stuck. My family was never afraid to take the next opportunity to advance, even if it meant moving to different countries.

I lived in Colombia, and Ecuador, moved back to Colombia, then in the U.S. we lived in Chicago, Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. Living in all of these places and going through the bitter-sweet journey of starting over, taking a leap of faith at a different place at different stages of my life kept feeding my passion to learn about different communities, and interacting with the humanity of the world and our ever-changing society.

During my early college years, I declared my major in Sociology. I fell in love with the human aspect of society, how communities formed and lived around the world. I was an activist and part of Students Working for Equal Rights or S.W.E.R., fighting for DACA, back then started as the Dream Act, I was in the Student Government Association (SGA), the head of the “Spirit Week” committee and formed an initiative with a group of friends called “Piles for Smiles” to bring clothes and school supplies to impoverished children in Colombia during one of my trips.

My Social Side kept growing in me.

While attending college, I took some semesters off to work for a marketing agency on a major brand account and had the chance to travel all around the U.S. for a national campaign working in concert tours, emceeing (live hosting) festivals and community events, sports events and, my favorite, kid’s events!

This job was my introduction to my career in communications and, of course, the use of a microphone.  I had the chance to be in contact with the community, talk to them, interview them, bring them a good time and play games with the kids! (Ahhh! I get goosebumps when I think about it).

I found out I could be a voice for the community and it was my mission to bring them GOOD NEWS!

When it was time to get back to school and finish my degree I chose Mass Communication & Journalism, it only made sense, I was on a mission since then!

Immediately after being a grad, I moved to Los Angeles to attend a journalism convention and ended up staying in L.A. for the West Coast beach and the California palm trees… plus the job at a TV Network.

Little did I know, within just a year and a half of living in L.A., I was gonna be moving to the Capital of the Media industry, the Big Apple, the city of dreams… (drum roll, please) NEW YORK! After long months of searching for a job, I got hired by People En Español as an entertainment editor and host of People VIP… and the rest is history.

I found out I could be a voice for the community and it was my mission to bring them GOOD NEWS! Little did I know, within just a year of moving to L.A. for the media industry, I was gonna be moving to the Capital of the world the Big Apple, the city of dreams… NEW YORK!
After long months of searching for a job, I got hired by @peopleenespanol as an entertainment editor and host of #PeopleVIP.

This journey has brought me to produce lifestyle content & the work continues…

If you made it this far, THANK YOU! My purpose with this post was to let you know that if you’re still debating on which career you should choose, definitely start by going after your passions. When you follow your passion, your purpose and your profession will eventually align. Don’t give up!