Visionarium Register
A group from a Visionarium edition sitting together on wide marble steps.

What the ones who went say

Ideas. People. Experiences. Perspectives.

The Visionarium story is told by the people who have lived it.

In their own words

The most powerful way to understand Visionarium is to hear from the people who experienced it.

Alumni voice

Stories from the Visionarium community.

From the founder

Ideas and reflections from María Clara García.

People

Conversations with mentors, leaders and creators.

Experiences

Inside the places, ideas and encounters that shape Visionarium.

Cities

The people and perspectives that make each destination unique.

Testimonials, recaps and letters. Each one with a name and with permission — we do not publish a word from a student without their family authorising it.

Editorial One of 19 designers writing fashion’s future Vogue named her among the designers shaping what comes next. Her label’s name is a challenge: No Me Copies. The Visionarium Team · August 30, 2019 Editorial Boxing as a tool for change A Bronx-raised gym owner on using boxing to build social responsibility in teenagers. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Soccer as an engine for equality How Eglantina Zingg turned the discipline of the game into a tool for girls’ empowerment across Latin America. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial The business of reputation A Llorente y Cuenca director on communications, public relations, and an uncertain world. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Nine years inside the terminal A senior software engineer on the platform that runs global finance, and the startup he co-founded on the side. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial The designer behind the Met Gala What happens before New York’s most dazzling nights, according to the man who designs them. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Editorial Building wealth through real estate The founder of Velocity Capital — one of the organizations behind the week — on his approach to investing. The Visionarium Team · July 5, 2019 Letter Words can’t describe what it meant On business, self-respect, and finding people she now calls siblings. Sofia Restrepo · October 4, 2018 Letter An awakening, at the right moment It found her in a moment of uncertainty and became the guide she says she needed. Sara Garzón · September 15, 2018 Letter A week that can change you this much On leaving her comfort zone, and the lessons that only fit into a single week. Alexandra Turriago · September 11, 2018 Letter It gave me a family She came for the world’s best companies. She says what she left with was something else entirely. Paula Silgado Mesa · September 11, 2018 Letter A different world opened up She came in expecting to learn business. She left having opened her eyes to something wider. Violeta Portilla · September 11, 2018 Letter The small things that matter most Punctuality, how you dress, and one word she says opened every door that week: networking. Laura Vergara · September 9, 2018 Letter The story behind every company What she says stayed with her wasn’t the companies — it was every person she met along the way. Mariana Correa · September 9, 2018 Letter What I used to think success meant He thought it was about control. Visionarium rewrote the definition — and led to a summer internship. Jorge Andrés Dávila · September 19, 2017 Editorial From composition major to CEO A music-industry entrepreneur and Visionarium advisory board member on turning a passion into a company. The Visionarium Team · August 27, 2017 Letter A city that never stops moving On what New York does to you physically and mentally, one week at a time. Daniela Manzanera · August 6, 2017 Letter One of the best experiences a kid my age can live On what stayed with him long after he left New York. Alejandro Klaric · August 5, 2017 Letter More than business and finance A short note on the people he found along the way. Cristian Jassir · August 5, 2017 Letter The inspiration I didn’t expect to find She went in expecting the companies to be the highlight. She left saying it was her own classmates. Marianna Maldonado · August 5, 2017 Letter Music, business, and Kenny Gerbson A Lincoln Center Jazz scholarship student on why he thinks the program is a rare kind of classroom. Kenny Guaman · July 28, 2017 Editorial Sweeping studio floors for lessons A Broadway actor on the method, the grind, and what it takes to actually get good. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The systems behind global market data A Bloomberg project manager on liquidity, algorithmic orders, and what runs underneath the terminal. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Letter The friends you get to choose A thank-you letter to an entire edition, one nickname at a time. Juan Camilo Izquierdo · July 23, 2017 Letter What you have left of Visionarium A letter to the next class, from an alumnus who moved to France a few days after writing it. Julián Montalvo · July 23, 2017 Editorial Selling to the mind, not the person One of Latin America’s top marketing speakers on entrepreneurship, innovation, and giving back through education. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Letter Not sure what to study — then sure Before Visionarium she didn’t know what came after high school. After, she did. Maria Rivadeneira · July 23, 2017 Editorial 40 U.S. presidents, one tailor Brooks Brothers’ VP of Strategy on 200 years of American style, and why knowing how to dress is its own skill. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Editorial The CEO who put Heads of State in one room Matthew Swift co-founded Concordia to make public-private partnerships actually happen. Here’s how. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Letter Hard to put into words A short account of the bonds one week can leave behind. Nicolás Espinosa · July 23, 2017 Letter Humility, patience, and brotherhood You think you’ll only learn about business. He says that isn’t true. Pablo Samur · July 23, 2017 Editorial Designing the future of the classroom A Gensler associate on the architecture of STEM education and academic libraries. The Visionarium Team · July 23, 2017 Letter Every company started somewhere On realizing the biggest names in the world once stood exactly where she was standing. Valentina Rueda · July 23, 2017 News From a conference to a summer internship How one student turned a five-minute exchange with a CEO into a summer at Concordia. The Visionarium Team · June 28, 2017 Editorial From Wall Street to Finhabits An MIT graduate and Wall Street veteran on leaving finance to make investing accessible in Spanish — translated from the original Spanish. The Visionarium Team · June 15, 2017