Coppelia Yanez

Artist, Brainstormer, Business mentor, Concerned citizen, Connector, Consultant, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Global soul, Idea generator, Life mentor, Marketer, Performer, Producer, Writer/Editor

Lifelong learner and researcher with 12 years of experience in qualitative techniques and 10 years being a professor. I have studied all sorts of stuff —Business (have a degree, not my thing), Communication (my thing, don't have a degree), Digital Creative Design (a Masters where I learned to think about Design and the impact of Information Society), Transdisciplinary studies and Complex Thinking (a PhD that i'm stubborn enough not to finish, but opened my world)… and scenic arts (invested at least 4 years playing and producing improv, clown, physical theater, being a storyteller and that sort of stuff). I could also define myself as a compulsive reader and a passionate mentor —one of the things I love the most is helping my students discovering and articulating their passions and building through knowledge. I'm sort of a specialist on Applied Cultural Semiotics and branding, but I'm most in love with the idea of being a polymath.

Learning and finding new ways to look at the same old questions (and hopefully finding new ones). Also passionate about knowledge transmission, and connecting ideas in unusual ways. Lately I've discovered the fascinating experience of being a "kindler". If my students have a spark, I'd love to help it grow and become a flame.

cultural change, cultural semiotics, Editing & Writing, improv, market research, mentoring, public speaking, stage production on a budget, teaching, trendhunting

Knitting :)