I have professional experience in non-governmental organisations and participated in development projects around the world, some of them under the sponsorship of the United Nations. I have lived in different countries such as India, Malaysia, Burma, Tanzania, Ecuador, England and Cuba, where I ran my own boutique hotel business. This left me convinced that I want to do more and that my real passion is helping people to achieve a better life, especially empower women and children through social, environmental, economic and humanitarian development.