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Visionarium students in formal dress seated along a long table at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York, under a chandelier in a green panelled dining room.

From New York to the world.

Transformational experiences for the next generation of visionaries. Visionarium creates immersive experiences that expand how young people see the world, discover their potential and imagine what comes next.

Miami, October 5–10, 2026 20 places Coming soon

Racquet and Tennis Club
Park Avenue, New York

What if the world became your classroom?

Young people don't only need more information.

They need more exposure. More questions. More conversations. More possibilities.

Visionarium creates experiences that take learning beyond the classroom and into the real world — connecting young people with people, places, ideas and perspectives that can change the way they see themselves and what they believe is possible.

Discover Visionarium

Visionarium students walking together down a narrow street in Lower Manhattan, tall buildings on both sides.
Lower Manhattan

See more.
Think differently.
Imagine what’s possible.

The Visionarium experience is designed to move participants beyond observation. They don’t simply visit a city. They enter it. They live it.

They meet people who are building, creating, leading and changing the world around them.

They ask questions. They make decisions. They collaborate.

They discover interests they didn’t know they had.

And sometimes, they discover a different version of themselves.

The world is bigger than what you already know.

We believe potential grows when perspective expands.

That’s why Visionarium is built around exposure to different:

  • industries
  • cultures
  • ways of thinking
  • people
  • possibilities
“Because sometimes the most important thing a young person can discover is not an answer. It’s a possibility they had never imagined before.”
Lala García

Different experiences.
One vision.

Visionarium is a growing ecosystem of experiences designed for different stages, interests and ambitions. Each experience has its own identity. The Visionarium philosophy connects them all.

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Where it happens next.

One edition at a time, each in its own city. An edition keeps its page after it ends — what sells the next one is the record of the last.

What a week contained, in New York.

The fixtures of the New York editions, and the shape every edition since has been built on. Each new edition publishes its own agenda on its own page — these are the rooms this program has actually been inside.

01

Doing business

Visionarium students seated beneath giant illuminated Google letters at Google's New York office.

Google · Bloomberg · Spotify

Visits and talks at their New York offices, among others.

02

Fashion & art industry

Prominent designers and artists

Visits and lectures on the global business of art and design.

03

Public speaking

A Visionarium student standing to address the group across a boardroom table during the public-speaking workshop.

John West

A workshop with the speech coach to Wall Street's top executives.

04

Training dinner

Racquet and Tennis Club

A training dinner at New York's exclusive club on Park Avenue — the room on this page's cover.

05

Social responsibility

Guests in formal dress talking at an evening Visionarium event in an elegant interior.

Prominent philanthropists

A lecture and meet & greet.

06

Inside the universities

Visionarium students sitting on the plaza in front of an NYU building with purple flags.

Columbia · NYU · The New School · Parsons

Guided visits and orientation on campus, among others.

07

College advising

New York admissions advisor

A session with a top New York college admissions advisor.

In their own words.

Lines students wrote after the New York editions — the companies, the city, and what stayed with them. Every name is real and published with permission.

“I came thinking that only the best were recognized. I left knowing that there were infinite ways of being the best — so we can all be the best.”
Julian Montalvo · Colombia
“Lala once said to me — ‘Dream big, because all dreams are possible and the world is yours.’ Today I can say that thanks to Visionarium, I’m on the right path to become who I really want to be.”
Marianna Maldonado · Colombia
“This is a very elegant and unique place, where we learned how to always be classy and graceful. I really enjoyed it!”
Alejandro Klaric · Mexico
“In the streets of New York you sense some sort of equality. No person is more important than the rest. Everyone is thriving to get to their destination. Everyone mobilizes the same way: walking.”
Jorge Andrés Dávila · Colombia
“It is hard to describe Bloomberg in one word. Their technology, constant innovation and workspace are absolutely impressive.”
Sebastian Acosta · Colombia
“Google is a really fun place to work and their inventions are always trying to help the human being evolve. The people that talked to us showed us a few inventions, and all of them were really inspiring.”
Marianna Maldonado · Colombia
“Being at Visionarium was not an end, it’s the beginning of who I want to be tomorrow.”
Julian Montalvo · Colombia

The people who run the week.

Visionarium runs on a standing team with executive directors in Mexico, and an advisory board of working professionals.

Maria Clara García

Maria Clara García

Founder & CEO

Marianna Maldonado

Marianna Maldonado

Head of Programs

Sofia Restrepo

Sofia Restrepo

Visionarium Coordinator

Ana Sofía Garza

Ana Sofía Garza

Executive Director, Mexico

Vanessa Jimeno

Vanessa Jimeno

Director of Social Impact

  • Maria Caro Martin Leyes Director of Signature Experiences
  • Marianna Carrillo Innovation & Strategy Coordinator
  • Alejandro Guevara Executive Director, Mexico
  • Jessica de la Espriella Senior PR & Business Development Advisor
  • Andres Duarte Financial Coach and Advisor
  • Moses Balian People Strategist
  • Pablo Samur Recruiter and Human Resources
  • Fernando de la Espriella Advisory and board member
  • Tomas Uribe Advisory board member
  • Guy Smith Advisory board member
  • Geeta Raj Advisory board member
  • Maritza MacDonald Advisory board member
  • Steph Choremi Advisory board member

See the full team

Organizations that appear across the program.

Company visits and talks documented in the program include Google, Bloomberg and Spotify.

  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Apple
  • Gensler
  • Global Citizen
  • IESE Business School
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Marymount School Barranquilla
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Parsons
  • Sotheby's
  • Velocity Capital
  • WilmerHale

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We are an incubator for possibilities.

Visionarium is a creativity and leadership incubator for young people.

What we offer. We combine immersive experiences, mentorship, hands-on learning, culture and access to people and environments that expand perspective.

Our purpose. To help young people identify what moves them, develop a vision for their future and gain the confidence and tools to pursue it.

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Next editionVisionarium Miami

October 5–10, 2026

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