Aydeli Rios Vazquez
Founder / Mexico-Germany-Saudi Arabia

Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Aydeli Rios Vazquez is a Mexican-German professional with 30 years of experience in education and corporate training who enjoys co-designing projects with multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. Her living and working experience in America, Europe, and the Middle East has strengthened her intercultural competencies so profoundly that she is convinced we all must develop the right skills to build a more diverse and inclusive society.

In 2017, Aydeli founded Guapalita Empowering Equality, a social organization that co-creates opportunities to develop feminine inclusive leadership for all. Her experience designing the Top 10 Competencies for the Feminine Global Leader Vision 2030, together with global experts during the pandemic, motivated her to create the Feminine Inclusive Leadership Program, whose content has been shared in workshops in North America, Europe, and the GCC.

Firmly committed to education and development, Aydeli founded Inspirisa by Guapalita, a digital platform that achieved Vision 2030 goals by certifying inclusive global leaders within worldwide organizations in the Middle East. The App also offers professional training, business excursions, and management consultancy abroad.

Aydeli has a B.A. in International Relations and a master’s degree in Psycho-Pedagogy and Digital Project Management. She is working on her thesis in Adult Education at the University of Tübingen.

Gladys Aguirre Drexel
Co-Founder and Director for the Americas / Mexico

Gladys is a certified coach with professional experience (40+ years) in Leadership, Change Management, General Management, Education, and Human Resources in local and international companies. Experienced in providing coaching and consulting services to individuals at all levels, from emerging leaders to experienced executives.She has worked with various groups and companies to achieve greater effectiveness.

Gladys’ work is well known for being high-impact, customized, and transformative. She prides herself for:

1) Guiding clients to resolve personal and professional conflicts.

2) Working with executives and managers to facilitate the acquisition of skills and knowledge to serve as internal coaches and influential leaders in their organizations.

3) Integrating and developing world-class teams to increase employee engagement, achieve high performance and organizational effectiveness, and meet company goals.

4) And leading organizations and groups through change management, coaching them to handle change and uncertainty with resiliency.

Glady´s mission is to always offer the best of her skills and experience with empathy, loyalty, commitment, and service. She firmly believes that by working to eliminate fears, stress, and insecurity, individuals experience happiness, peace, health, and prosperity.

Catalina González
Colombia-Saudi Arabia

Catalina González Calle is a Colombian entrepreneur and strategist with over 15 years of global experience in internationalization, strategic planning, and cross-cultural development. Her comprehensive and human-centered approach enables her to support entrepreneurs and exporters on their path to success in international markets, catalyzing innovative ideas and projects.

Catalina is dedicated to weaving opportunities and fostering the growth of projects, products, and services in new markets. Her mission is to help entrepreneurs and business owners bridge cultural gaps, facilitating their access to new opportunities through a deep understanding of their emotions and the development of their unique potential.

Throughout her career, she has created and led three organizations and has lived in countries such as Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Venezuela, and the United States. This multicultural experience has enriched her adaptability and understanding of cultural differences, allowing her to offer strategic solutions on a global scale.

Rossana Reynoso
Mexico

Rossana Reynoso is the Territory Leader for Mexico and Latin America at RGP, a professional services and consulting firm. Before this, she was a Partner in the SAP practice at Deloitte, Consulting Practice Director for the Public Sector at PwC, Managing Director of Technology Consulting at Accenture, and the Director of Transformation at BBVA.

She studied Economics at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and completed the Clients and Markets program at Columbia Business School. Her core strengths are empathy,problem-solving, and results orientation. In her free time, she thoroughly enjoys cinema and cooking

One of her great passions is Diversity and Inclusion, which is why she has held D&I roles at various companies, such as leading D&I at Accenture, being a D&I Champion at BBVA,and co-chairing the DE&I council at RGP. Equality is a fundamental value for Rossana, and she is highly committed to working tirelessly to make the world a more equitable place for all.

She is incredibly proud that in her consulting career, she has been able to help materialize strategies for her clients and resolve issues that threatened their results.

Rossana is passionate about cinema and loves exploring street food and global cuisines when I travel. She adores being part of diverse, high-performing global teams because I believe the whole is more significant than the sum of its parts.

María José Pérez
Mexico-Brazil

Maria worked for 5 years for RedBox Mexico, a Business Innovation Consulting Firm, where she founded a business unit focused on delivering educational programs on innovation processes, culture, and creative leadership to companies in Mexico City. She has also been a guest speaker on innovation at various universities in Mexico and Colombia.

She earned her MBA from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, in 2020 while working as part of the in-house Mitsubishi Fuso Lean Manufacturing consultant team. During her time in Japan, she also gained experience in the Overseas Sales department of Yamada Electric Inc., a global plastic molding company, where she learned about Japanese product development and manufacturing processes for factories in China, Vietnam, Mexico, Poland, and Brazil.

Now residing in Recife, Brazil, Maria works as an Inspiration Consultant for RedBox Innovation US, creating value through projects and programs that inspire people and businesses to embrace the possibilities within their work.

José Manuel Morales
Mexico-Saudi Arabia

Bachelor in International Commerce, Master in Business Administration (MBA), Doctoral candidate in Administration. I currently reside in Saudi Arabia and work as a business teacher in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. More than 20 years of experience working in commercial areas for national and international companies in Mexico. Topics: Business Management, Marketing, Supply Chain, Sales, AI Technologies.

¨If you don't dare, how do you know you can’t?¨

Violetta Rios
Mexico

Violetta Irasema Rios Vargas is a seasoned HR and People Operations leader with over two decades of experience in talent development, people operations, and organizational culture. Known for her strategic insight and people-centric approach, she has built a career fostering resilient, values-driven workplaces across North America, Europe, and Latin America. Violetta’s experience spans high-impact roles as a senior leader in HR, talent management, and corporate communications, where she has led initiatives to align company cultures with core values, manage change effectively, and develop leadership pipelines for long-term organizational growth.

In 2023, Violetta was elected to the Toastmasters International Board of Directors, where she contributes her extensive experience in leadership and people development to support the organization’s mission of empowering individuals to become effective communicators and leaders. An active Toastmaster, she has held numerous leadership roles, leveraging her background in communication, marketing, and thanatology to offer meaningful support for members navigating personal and professional growth.

A bilingual professional fluent in English and Spanish, Violetta is passionate about fostering inclusive workplaces emphasizing well-being, accountability, and growth. Her unique cultural perspective and commitment to sustainable, empowering environments make her a vital resource in any organization’s path toward transformational change and success.

Esteban Tejedor
Spain

After completing his studies in computer engineering, Esteban worked as an analyst/programmer in his hometown in Spain. He earned a good salary, but every day was the same routine. Though his passion is to travel, he could only do it a few weeks a year.

He then decided to become a web developer freelancer, intending to earn a living while having a nomadic life. He dreamed of exploring the world!

In 2012, he prepared his luggage and started his Asian life.

That was a fantastic experience. His growth was exponential while living in Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, and the Philippines.

Eventually, he felt a burning desire to communicate all his learnings to the world, to become a trainer and coach, and to transition from freelancer to entrepreneur.

Again, the gap was enormous and the learning curve daunting. But once again, he got there.

After starting his first business in Vietnam in 2015, he moved to the UK, where, in 2016, he created two companies in the Education sector: "Hola People" offers language, job, and travel opportunities and organizes events in Liverpool, and the QLU Project helps new entrepreneurs set their dream goals, boost their businesses, and achieve remarkable results while having a healthy and balanced life.

In 2021, he moved to Saudi Arabia, where he worked as an IT Consultant and IT Manager. Living in a Muslim culture was yet another fantastic experience.

After two years, he returned to his country, Spain, but he kept moving around and exploring the World, most recently Peru.

To be continued…

Prasanna Shivashankaraswamy
India

With a career of 16 years spanning multiple domains in various capacities with different multinational organizations, Prasanna has been clinical in achieving targets, training, coaching, and building teams and accounts.

Goal-oriented and self-driven to complete tasks, projects, and commitments. Ability to lead by example consistently hit targets, improve best practices, and organize time efficiently.

His expertise covers areas such as IT and non-IT Operations, Project Management, Learning and development, Technical and non-technical Support and assistance, Reporting and management, Service Delivery Management and Process Improvement, Audits, Compliance, Customer Satisfaction, Risk Mitigation, and Assessment, Content Development, Incident, and Problem Management.

Prasanna is a Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager at Syncomp, handling IT Infrastructure Projects for the APAC Region.