Elba Gutiérrez

Change Agent, Concerned citizen, Lawyer, Photographer, Student, World traveler

Born in Mexico City in 1991, I lived in there until I was 16 when I moved to Costa Rica to study at UWC Costa Rica. In 2007 I got into Law School at the Mexican National University (UNAM). My focus areas are International and Social Law; areas that I got to improve during my year abroad in Amsterdam (Universitet van Amsterdam) in 2011-2012. My other passions are photography, philosophy and cinema. I believe in the power of bicycles and communities, as well as in the power of cups of tea. I know that a better world is possible.

To keep wondering about the world.

First Aids, Humanitarian Law, International law

My first TED talk was the Magic Washing Machine by Hans Rosling. I watched it by accident, I was searching material for my "Economic and sociological problems of Mexico" class. Years later I had watched several TED talks and tough "hey, I study in one of the biggest Universities in the world, why don't we do a TEDx?" and the story began. An heroic, brave, committed and passionated group of friends devoted to the power of ideas got together and started to plan. In september of 2014, after two years form that epiphanic afternoon of inspiration, TEDxUNAM will take place.

Cooking and knitting!