• Your favorite virtue?

Humaneness.

 

• What do you appreciate the most in your friends?

Being genuine, giving unconditional love and support, the ability to have deep and meaningful conversations, and the exchange of knowledge and wisdom.        

 

• Your idea of happiness?

The state of being grateful, and seeing the smiles on the faces of loved ones.

 

• Your main fault?

I don’t like saying “No” to requests for help.  But, even in humanitarian work, not all requests can be accommodated. Prioritization is key.

 

• If not yourself, who would you be?

I would like to be someone who finds a lasting solution for poverty.

 

• Your favorite occupation?

Being a humanitarian worker fulfills my personal calling to help the most vulnerable. I am grateful that my current role as an international civil servant at the United Nations allows me to fund and execute UNHCR programs that positively impact hundreds of thousands of refugees in the Middle East and beyond.

 

• Where would you like to live?

I lived in 9 cities across 4 continents so far and counting. it’s challenging to choose only one place to live year-round but I have a strong preference for coastal cities. 

 

• Your favorite hero(ine) in history or real life?

My mother, she is an angel in a human body.

 

• Your favorite food and drink?

Authentic Spanish churros with a cup of hot chocolate.

 

• The natural talent you would like to be gifted with?

Painting because it’s a beautiful medium of expression.

 

• What is your present state of mind?

Grateful for the present, excited for the future.

 

• Your favorite motto/quote?

Be a blessing to those you encounter.