My name is Manuel Delgado and I am the first Latin American to belong to the NGO Photographers 
Alliance, photography for a cause at the international level.

My story began at Tec where I studied a B.A. in Communication Science (LCC). I was a scholarship holder as of the first semester, and got involved in everything as though I were in a club. I participated in swimming, theater and formed my own European studies association. I also won scholarships and financial aid to represent Tec in other countries. My first international experience was in Prague, Czech Republic, where an NGO was looking for student leaders. I was the only Mexican who participated and I promised myself I would return to that continent one day. In the third semester, I joined a pilot program to give scholarship-holders the opportunity to participate in an internship. One of my many interviews was at AstraZeneca and, something I hadn’t imagined, I would end up working there for the next six years, being promoted from intern to brand manager, until I resigned and travelled to Asia.

Upon arrival, I worked as a volunteer and, during this time, I met a native couple who made me feel like part of their family. They told me about the opportunity to give English classes in a community on the border with Burma, where I was the teacher for three hundred children. I also worked in Laos in an elephant sanctuary and in Borneo in an orangutan sanctuary, among others.

At this time, I began to develop professionally as a photographer and I sold my photographs to the media in Mexico to support myself. While I was doing this, a friend I had met at AstraZeneca contacted me and told me about a public relations vacancy for Mexico in Germany. I carried on traveling and was interviewed online for Trivago and got the position. I moved to Germany and although I didn’t speak the language stayed to live there.

It filled me with pride to promote my country’s tourism for the eyes of the whole world, even though I wasn’t there.

At the same time, I specialized in humanitarian documentary photography, so now I work for NGOs, which send me to different parts of the world to document the social work they carry out on the reality of the people they help. The work is by no means easy, because it takes guts to venture into the most remote, isolated regions on the planet and create visual content objectively. It gives me great satisfaction when NGOs use my photographs for their campaigns because I feel that I can speak for those people who cannot speak for themselves, and I like to think that it is an attempt to achieve justice for what they are experiencing.

I am an Outlier because my story begin at Tec and end up changing the world

Terminé la carrera y de un día para otro me pregunté: ¿Esto es lo que quiero hacer el resto de mi vida?. Decidí que no, renuncié y compré un boleto de ida a Tailandia sin regreso. Me lancé con solo una mochila seguir mi pasión: la fotografía.

Me llamo Manuel Delgado y soy el primer latinoamericano que pertenece a NGO Photographers Alliance, fotografía por una causa a nivel internacional.

Mi trayectoria comienza en el Tec donde estudié la licenciatura en ciencias de la comunicación. Fui becado desde el primer semestre, me involucré en todo como si fuera un club, estuve en natación, teatro y realicé mi propia asociación de estudios europeos. También gané becas y apoyos financieros para poder representar al Tec en otros países; mi primera experiencia internacional fue en Praga República Checa donde una ONG buscaba líderes estudiantes, fui el único mexicano que participó y me prometí regresar a ese continente. En tercer semestre entré a un programa piloto para que estudiantes becados pudieran tener oportunidad de tener prácticas, entre las muchas entrevistas que en AstraZeneca y sin saberlo trabajaría por los próximos seis años, en donde pude escalar de becario a gerente de marca, después renuncie y viaje a Asia.

Al llegar, hice voluntariados, en este trayecto conocí a una pareja nativa con los que me sentía en familia, me comentaron la oportunidad de dar clases de inglés en una comunidad frontera con Burma, fui maestro de trescientos niños; en Laos en un santuario para elefantes, en Borneo en un santuario para orangutanes, entre otros.

En este momento fue cuando me empecé a desarrollar profesionalmente como fotógrafo y vendí mis fotografías a medios en México para poder sustentarme. Mientras hacía esto me contactó una amiga que conocí en AstraZeneca y me habló sobre una vacante de relaciones públicas para México desde Alemania. Seguí viajando e hice entrevistas en línea para Trivago y conseguí el puesto, me mudé a Alemania y aun sin hablar en idioma me quedé a vivir allí.

Me llenó de orgullo, pues promoví el turismo de mi país para los ojos de todo el mundo aun sin estar ahí.

Al mismo tiempo me especialicé en fotografía documental humanitaria, por lo que ahora trabajo para ONGs, las cuales me mandan a distintas partes del mundo a documentar la labor social que realizan sobre la realidad de la gente que ayudan, el trabajo que no es nada fácil, pues se necesitan agallas para aventurarse y poder crear contenido visual de forma objetiva, ya que son las regiones más aisladas del planeta, por lo que me da satisfacción cuando las ONGs utilizan mis fotografías para sus campañas pues siento que

puedo darle una voz a aquellas personas que carecen de voz propia, y me gusta pensar que es un intento de justicia a lo que ellos viven.

Soy un Outlier porque mi historia comienza en el Tec y termina cambiando el mundo.
 

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At last, the opportunity to realize my dream was staring me in the eyes. I had the opportunity, but my family didn’t have the financial resources to help me make it come true. I decided to get a summer job to pay for the trip that would allow me to fulfill my dream of representing Mexico internationally as a singer. There were imbalances between school, work, student life and rehearsals, which taught me how to divide my days up to be more efficient.

It wasn’t easy, but this is my story. 

Hi, my name is Violeta Valdez and I have been the voice of international brands such as  Baby First TV and Nintendo Switch.

My career began when I was very young. My mom is a communicologist, so I have been immersed in that environment since I was five years old, which is why I chose to pursue a degree in marketing at Tec. I remember going with my mom to record a Soriana (Mexican supermarket) commercial and, while I was in the booth, the producer saw how excited I was, listened to my voice and invited me to record the phrase “Soriana a precio por ti”. Right there and then he told my mother she should train me, so she became my teacher, and my life as a presenter began. My first participation in the media was on the radio station frecuencia Tec in a children’s program called Experidivertido. Afterwards, I won more roles through auditions or demo rails, which consist of carrying out tests so that when a brand needs a voice, they contact me.

As a result, I have participated with international brands such as Baby First TV and Nintendo Switch.. I have also had parts on TV and in History Channel series, which has been quite an experience. Being able to train as an actress is something of which I am very proud and would like to return to in the future.
At Tec High School I enjoyed my first international experiences in the arts, with musical theater being one of my hobbies. I was fortunate enough to attend a summer course at Joffrey Ballet School in New York, with teachers from Broadway.

Thanks to my participation in all these Tec High School events, I obtained an arts scholarship to study at Tec, something that fills me with pride.

Right now, I am participating in Ensamble 47 and am a member of the fifth generation of Tec Ambassadors, which I view as a huge responsibility since the ambassadors are the first face a family sees on arriving at Tec, and it is where I tell my story and share my passions. In this program, I have learned to be helpful and I love passing on everything Tec has taught me.  

I am an Outlier because my story begin at Tec and end up changing the world.

Por fin tenía frente a mí, la oportunidad de cumplir mi sueño. Tenía la oportunidad; pero mi familia no tenía los recursos económicos para ayudarme a hacerlo realidad. Decidí comenzar a trabajar durante el verano, para poder pagar el viaje que me llevaría a cumplir el sueño de representar a México a nivel internacional como cantante. Tuve un desbalance entre la escuela, el trabajo, mi vida estudiantil y ensayos. Esto me enseñó a dividir mis días para ser eficiente.

No fue fácil, pero lo logré y esta es mi historia. 

Hola soy Violeta Valdez y he sido voz de marcas internacionales como Baby First TV y Nintendo Switch.

Mi trayectoria comienza desde muy pequeña, mi mamá es comunicóloga, entonces desde que tenía cinco años me sumergí en este ambiente  y es por eso que entre al Tec a la carrera en Mercadotecnia. Recuerdo que una vez la acompañé a grabar un comercial de Soriana y mientras estaba en la cabina el productor me vio emocionada, escuchó mi voz y me invitó a grabar la frase “Soriana a precio por ti”. Fue ahí cuando le dijo a mi mamá que debería prepararme, desde ese momento mi mamá se convirtió en mi maestra y mi vida como locutora de radio comenzó. El primer medio de comunicación en el que participé fue en frecuencia Tec en un programa de niños llamado Experidivertido. 

Después fui adquiriendo papeles por audiciones o demo rails, que consiste en hacer pruebas con la intención que cuando una marca necesite una voz, se comuniquen conmigo. Así es como he llegado a participar para marcas internacionales como Baby First TV y Nintendo Switch. También he tenido partes en televisión y series en History Channel, convirtiéndose en toda una experiencia; el poder formarme como actriz es algo de lo que estoy orgullosa y que quiero retomar en el futuro así como locutora de radio.

Dentro del bachillerato en PrepaTec tuve mis experiencias internacionales en áreas artísticas, el teatro musical fue uno de mis hobbies. Tuve la oportunidad de ir a Nueva York a Joffrey Ballet School con maestros de Broadway durante un verano.

Gracias a todos estos eventos en los que participé en PrepaTec obtuve una beca artística en el Tec, algo de lo que me siento muy orgullosa.

Actualmente estoy participando en el Ensamble 47 y soy parte de la quinta generación de Embajadores Tec, lo cual para mí es una gran responsabilidad pues los embajadores somos la primer cara que ve una familia al llegar al Tec, es donde cuento mi historia y comparto mis pasiones. En este programa he aprendido a ser una persona servicial y amo transmitir todo lo que el Tec me ha enseñado. 

Soy una Outlier porque mi historia comienza en el Tec y termina cambiando al mundo.

When I was a little girl, I experienced a great deal of violence, together with my family, in my community. I would have to throw myself on the floor because of the shootings, bombs, grenades… I was always very frightened in situations that no little girl, nor anyone, should have to live through. But soon, I found the hope that everything would be all right.

I am Montserrat Fregoso, ambassador of Rebel Girls and co-founder of SciArt Party.

I studied a degree in Business Strategy and Transformation with a scholarship awarded by Tec de Monterrey.

At present, I work on multidisciplinary projects internationally and there is nothing else I would rather be doing.

From an early age, I liked being active and involved in many projects, from learning ballet and being a cheer coach to founding projects and events. In high school, I was invited to the United Nations for the first time, to an event in New York, and even though I didn't have the budget to go at the time, I didn't let that stop me. I looked everywhere for sponsorships, and managed to raise 100% of the budget. Once I returned to Mexico, I began creating different projects around the Sustainable Development Goals. We Stand for Change emerged from a student fair where I talked about my ideas for solutions and, in the end, many more people signed up than I imagined. It is now a student group that continues to grow, managing to generate more than 17 projects in two years.

At the start of my career, I had the opportunity to participate in the UN Commission on the Status of Women, in an event where I would present the projects on which I was working. I participated as a panelist and translator, since apart from being fluent in English, French, and German, I also understand Italian and Portuguese.

After this incredible experience in which I collaborated directly with organizations such as Tech Girl International and The Girl of the USA, I returned to help an orphanage for girls where the main book we read was Rebel Girls.

This book helped me so much in a stage of my life where I had been told “No” regarding a major project I hoped to work on. So, I joined the Rebel Girls team and have been working with them for three years.  I was one of the first five people to work with them and from being a company that sells books, we became a world record holder. Our growth has been impressive, and we are now a gigantic international team. Coming into contact with these amazing women from the organization and the books allowed me to meet Merritt Moore, a U.S. dancer and quantum physicist. I invited her to participate in an event at Tec and, afterwards, we began to talk and hold meetings on a possible joint project. This led to the creation of SciArt Party. In the middle of the peak of the pandemic we decided to hold a small Zoom meeting to discuss how we could remain inspired and motivated during lockdown. In less than 12 hours more than 450 people had signed up. And this is how a project that continues to grow exponentially emerged.

My motto in life is that you must believe in your dreams with every cell in your body.

Remaining steadfast in the face of failure has been the biggest challenge because, like everyone, I have undergone major failures in my life, and it is thanks to them that I have learned and grown enormously. Thanks to these setbacks, I was able to deliver a Ted Talk, so I don’t really see them as failures, but rather as opportunities.

I am an Outlier because my story starts at Tec and ends up changing the world..

De chiquita me tocó experimentar mucha violencia junto con mi familia en mi comunidad. Llegué a tener que tirarme al piso por balaceras, bombas, granadas… Viví con mucho miedo y con situaciones que una niña ni nadie debería vivir.  Pero pronto encontré esa esperanza de que todo iba a estar bien.

Soy Montserrat Fregoso, embajadora de Rebel Girls y co-fundadora de SciArt Party.

Estudié la carrera de Estrategia y Transformación de Negocios siendo becada por el Tec de Monterrey.

Actualmente me dedico a realizar proyectos multidisciplinarios de manera internacional y no hay otra cosa que desearía estar haciendo además de lo que hago.

Desde pequeña me gustó estar activa y metida en muchos proyectos, desde aprender ballet y a ser coach de porra hasta llegar a fundar proyectos y eventos. En bachillerato me invitaron por primera vez a las Naciones Unidas, en un evento en Nueva York, y aunque en ese momento no tenía el presupuesto para irme, no me quise detener. Busqué patrocinios por todos lados y logré obtener el 100% del presupuesto. Una vez que regresé a México, estuve creando diferentes proyectos alrededor de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. We Stand for Change nació de una feria estudiantil en donde platiqué acerca de mis ideas de soluciones y se terminaron inscribiendo muchas más personas de las que me imaginé. Ahora es un grupo estudiantil que sigue creciendo logrando desarrollar mas de 17 proyectos en dos años. 

Cuando comencé mi carrera profesional tuve la oportunidad de trabajar en las Naciones Unidas en la Comisión de la Mujer. Un evento en el que presentaría los proyectos en los que estaba trabajando. Participé como panelista y además como traductora, porque además del inglés, francés y alemán también entiendo el italiano y el portugués.

Después de esta increíble experiencia en la que colaboré directamente con organizaciones como Tech Girl International and The Girl of the USA, regresé para ayudar a un orfanato de niñas donde el libro principal que les leíamos era Rebel Girls. 

Este libro me ayudó muchísimo en una etapa de mi vida donde había recibido un “No” en un proyecto muy grande al que quería entrar. Entonces me uní al equipo de Rebel Girls y voy 3 años trabajando con ellas. Fui una de las primeras 5 personas trabajando con ellas y de ser una empresa que vendemos libros pasamos a tener récords mundiales. Hemos crecido de manera impresionante y somos un equipo internacional gigantesco. Al tener contacto con estas mujeres maravillosas de la organización y de los libros es que conocí a Merritt Moore, bailarina estadounidense y física cuántica. La invité a participar en un evento en el Tec y después empezamos a platicar y a tener juntas sobre un posible proyecto entre ambas. Es cuando nace SciArt Party, en medio del auge de la pandemia donde quisimos hacer un pequeño zoom para platicar cómo mantenernos inspirados y motivados mientras estábamos encerrados, en menos de 12 horas teníamos a más de 450 personas inscritas. Y fue así, un proyecto que sigue creciendo exponencialmente.

Mi lema de vida es que debes creer en tus sueños con todas las células de tu cuerpo.

El quedarme firme contra los fracasos ha sido el reto más grande porque, como todos, he tenido fracasos importantes en mi vida y gracias a ellos es que he aprendido y crecido enormemente. Gracias a estos tropiezos pude dar una plática TedTalk entonces la verdad no los considero como fracasos, sino oportunidades. 
 

Soy un Outlier porque mi historia comienza en el Tec y termina cambiando el mundo.

They always told me: “Paula, you’re only in the first semester, you can’t do anything yet on a large scale.” In fact, I always set this barrier for myself, because, since I am very young, I wasn’t going to be able to get involved in the projects I wanted to.

I am Paula Bernasconi, founder of Paso Cero, a space backed by the United Nations that seeks to support and develop social entrepreneurship projects.

It all began with my grandmother. She got me involved in this world of non-profit associations, NGOs, cooperation between communities, and even though I was too young to help her, I was always there and curious. When I started university, I studied International Relations at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and began with very simple participations as a member and collaborator for certain internal projects at Tec. I gradually progressed to planning conferences, and participating in forums, student societies, because I have always been interested in forming part of something bigger, of projects that support a cause.

A turning point for me was when, this summer, I applied to several national and international projects, so many it’s almost impossible to count them. They all turned me down… except for one of them: the Hult Prize Committee, Hult Prize, organized by the UN and Bill Clinton, is the most important entrepreneurship competition in the world, considered the Nobel prize for students.

That was more than enough for me, so I got down to business and joined the committee.

This was my first step towards social entrepreneurship. Later on, I participated in and founded diverse projects, one of which fills me with great pride today, Paso Cero. The aim of Paso Cero, a social intra-entrepreneurship, is to provide people who do not have a team or any idea how to help with a space where they can do so and meet other people who would also like to help. I saw first-hand and helped several people with the passion we share for helping, being in the process, analyzing the competition, and witnessing the creation of an enterprise, truthfully has no price or comparison.

Surprisingly, Paso Cero was eventually backed by the UN, and we are now continuing our efforts in conjunction with the Instituto de Emprendimiento.

I never imagined I would be working for a UN solutions initiative. I had always said: “Well, maybe someday in the distant future I could work at the United Nations,” and being able to do so at the age of 21 is something for which I am extremely grateful.

If I could give any advice to my young self, it would be: “Believe.” Do what inspires you, explore, experiment, and you’ll work it all out for yourself along the way. Never give up because you receive a “No” but look for a “Yes,” because I feel that energies are contagious, and so is passion. So, when the people around you perceive this, you will, without doubt, achieve all your goals.

I am an Outlier because my story starts at Tec and ends up changing the world.