Expertise: Thinking out of the box
Location: New York and Bogotá
Products: IOU Project scarves, Clover cufflinks, Ishi Huichol beaded jewelry, Norlha Yak scarf and shawl.

Interests: Life, sustainability, consciousness, diversity, culture.

Background: Cultural entrepreneur, bridge between worlds, writer, photographer.

Favorite meal: Bibimbap (Korean coconut rice with seitan, avocado, green and black seaweed, chick peas, spinach, mango and kimchee).

Recent purchase: Someone's vintage collection of mala beads.

Hidden talent: Teaching.

Book/film recommendation: Eco Fashion by Sass Brown.

Restaurant recommendation: All of Gaston Acurio's restaurants. Especially the ones to be created.

If I had $20, Id… Donate it for a microloan from Kiva.

Transformative travel experience: I was recently in Burkina Faso and felt the energy of West Africa, the collage of colors, religions, tribes, foods, smells, past, present and future... amazing!

Favorite neighborhood: Nolita in New York because it embraces all possible worlds in one street.

Dream holiday: Anywhere in the world where the three "s"—space, solitude and silence—coexist in harmony.

If I could solve one problem, it would be: Poverty.

I wish people cared more about: Each other.

Recent aha! moment: That "no" is a possible word.

The world would be a better place if: People said what they mean and mean what they say.