Dr. Analía Gómez Vidal, C.P.C.

The Gifts of Our Village We have been discussing the role and importance of our villages in our goals this month, and this episode of Lucky to Be Here speaks to this in many ways (and it is packed with tips and advice for international moves!). For this week’s episode, I interviewed Gisela de la Villa. Gisela is a multi-hyphenate who hails from Argentina, but has become a part of the Wellington fixture. During our conversation, Gisela shares her journey from Argentina to New Zealand,...

Villages and Goals: What Comes First? Last week, we explored the idea of our villages through our latest episode of Lucky to Be Here with Sebastián Vallejo Vera, and his own experience navigating his academic career across countries as part of his family unit. This week (and for the rest of the month), we dive deeper into this discussion to explore the symbiotic relationship between villages and goals. Pinpointing what comes first between villages and goals is a somewhat futile exercise...

Big Moves & Family Decisions (New Episode ft. Sebastián Vallejo Vera) We are starting with a new episode of Lucky to Be Here, sharing an open and honest discussion with Dr. Sebastián Vallejo Vera about his own academic career, which has spanned across all the North American region in the past decade, and what it has been like to navigate this evolution as part of a family unit, along with his wife and kids. We also dived deeper into a discussion that I find fundamental for institutional...

Let's Welcome 2026 Boldly with Heart, Complexity & Faith In this last Lucky to Be Here of 2025, we continue our inwards exploration in search of inspiration for the new year, and we break down what makes a bold move. Throughout our episodes so far, we learned about our guest’s experiences living through these big life decisions, their own experience going through it and the emotions that these moments evoke. But to get there, it takes time and work. They grow into those bold moments, some...

Special Solo Episode - A Year in Review and A Mindful Approach to Charting Our 2026 Goals In this special solo episode of Lucky to Be Here, I invite you to go inwards so we review what this year has been and leverage the lessons and insights to prepare for 2026. I share with you the distinction between strategy, planning, and setting habits and routines for career explorers that builds on our discussions from earlier this year (which you can find starting here). One key idea is at the heart...

What I Want for All of Us in this Holiday Season (and Beyond...) For many of us, this is our last working week of the year (or at least full week of work). In my case, you will be receiving a couple of newsletters and podcast episodes more (more on this in a minute!), but AGV Services LLC is also slowing down for the winter break until early 2026. A year ago today, this did not exist. By "this", I mean any of it. There was no newsletter, no podcast, no actual business beyond an LLC...

This week on Lucky to Be Here In today’s Lucky to Be Here, we are traveling across regions (and career pivots!) with Carmen Fleitas, going from Paraguay to Thailand with stops in Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Carmen Fleitas is an Advocacy and Communications Expert working at the United Nations, with over eight years of international experience spanning Latin America and Asia. She has worked in international organizations and non-profits, focusing on sustainable development. In this episode...