Bartending and building your network with Nelly Ortiz

Nelly Ortiz is an award-winning tech leader, international speaker and certified Design Thinking Coach. Nelly was born in the US to immigrant parents from Colombia, but her first stay in the US was brief: her family moved back to Colombia before her first birthday.

We talked to Nelly about always being on the move vs staying in one place and planting deep roots, cultural differences in dating, and the highly disputed question of how many continents are there?

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About the Hosts:

Luciana and Claudia Valdiviezo know what it’s like to move to the U.S. – twice. They were born in Peru and lived there for only a few years until their parents moved the family to the U.S. The sisters kept in touch with their roots, speaking Spanish at home and every Christmas when they visited Peru for the holidays. Then, when they were 12 and 11 respectively, the family moved back to Peru. Growing up both Peruvian and American during those formative years gave Luciana and Claudia a deep understanding of what it means to belong, and not belong, at the same time.

The sisters eventually moved back to the U.S. Luciana is a marketing professional living in Washington D.C. with her husband and two young children. Claudia is a writer living in New York City.

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