Lucky to Be Here: Building Lives & Careers Abroad

Proximity, Distance and the Gems that Make It Worth It Click here to watch our latest episode of Lucky to Be Here with Gisela de la Villa on YouTube In our original episode with Gisela de la Villa, we talked about her experience building her life and career in New Zealand in a very deliberate way. But doing so is not costless, as we discussed. Back then, she said something that really captured a lot of our experiences: when we are abroad, everywhere is far. Today, we dive deeper into this...

If I Do This, Then… Do I Really Get That? Click here to watch our latest episode with Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera on YouTube Join Lucky to Be Here on Patreon This week, I share the second and last part of our bonus episodes with Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera on higher education, and this time, we go tactical. In this shorter episode, we discuss the advice that we wished we had known back in the day when we apply for graduate school, and that we hope others know now. Interestingly, this week is...

The Power Dynamics that We Do Not (Always) See Click here to watch this episode of Lucky to Be Here with Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera on YouTube Join Lucky to Be Here on Patreon This week’s bonus episode of Lucky to Be Here is part one of an extended discussion that my dear friend, colleague, and collaborator Dr. Sebastian Vallejo Vera and I had in his original episode. In that episode, we discussed his experience developing his academic career across North America, starting in the United...

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A summer/winter of catching up and diving into deeper explorations We have now wrapped up Season 1 of Lucky to Be Here, and this summer (or winter, depending on where you are located), we are taking the time to catch up and dive into deeper explorations with our Season 1 guests. In the coming weeks, we will be sharing in-between episodes that I have been recording with some of our guests to expand on their updates after we first recorded and released their episodes. We also dive into...

Underneath It All: Self-Trust Behind-the-scenes photo with guest Veronica Sepehr. Click on the photo to start watching our latest episode with her. Many of us here are planners, and even when it comes to big life changes like career moves or international moves, we like to take the steps, be thorough and methodical and move intentionally. Ideally. The funny thing about life is that it is rarely possible. I know this deeply. I had a very different idea of how I would land on becoming an...

The Desires that Open Our Curiosity to the World Behind the scenes recording with Erick Gonzales Rocha. Watch our latest episode by clicking here! If you have been here for a while, it is not news how much curiosity matters to me. Both personally as a key driver of everything I do, and as a way of operating in the world, especially when things feel hard. My go-to: let’s get curious. A second pillar for me, and many of us, is service. There is a desire to serve, to ensure that we do something...