I had a chance meeting with an investor who had a business in Germany. He was looking to expand internationally but didn’t know any entrepreneurs. At the time I was 22 and operating under the philosophy of living my life to the fullest – with that mindset I decided to take on the challenge

I’ve been a serial social entrepreneur since I was little kid growing up in Miami. When you’re a Jewban (Cuban-Jew), your parents were immigrants to this country, and you’re the first in your family to graduate from college, you naturally build the same skills you need for entrepreneurship…

I studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia, then obtained my masters at Georgia Tech in the same field. After graduation, I joined Verizon Communications as a Software Architect, but 2 years later, I quit my job to start my first company (ShareMeme) and be part of an accelerator