Sónia Romão

Hi there!

Yes, that’s me in the photo in a street of Alfama in the beautiful city of Lisbon. I love to travel. I’ve traveled into many places like São Salvador, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Edinburg, Dublin, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Oslo, Bologna, Florence, Venice, Helsinky, Tallin but I always come back to the this little shiny town, Lisbon. Above all I love people and ideas so ultimately I’m a citizen of the world because there are people and ideas everywhere!

But who is “me”? Well…let's see… I love read about almost everything (I’m addicted to knowledge), science, tech, human psychology, behavioral economics, draw, go to concerts and music festivals, sunny days, to cook, play football on the beach (I’m usually the goalkeeper), travel a lot, meet people, understand people, the sound of silence, be with friends, dance, talk talk talk, smile and laugh a lot… are you tired already? No? cinema, Kusturica films and music, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, TED talks, Classical music, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Massive Attack… , TV series, Game of Thrones, Bates Motel, House of Cards,... Ok I’ll stop!

So when I was younger first I wanted to be a doctor, then a psychologist but at the end I thought that I was good in "engineering" things. I’ve made a small doll house in cartoon and I love Lego constructions (still do). So I became an engineer, with some artistic talent I think. I was a dancing Teacher for two years. Dancing always was my secret dream. Well, not so secret anymore but recently I became aware that I could combine science and art ability. So, this love for science, people, seeing new positive things happening with creativity, makes me realize that I love to work in the generation process of ideas and motivate people, organizations or companies to change. I like to think that I can be a positive energy for others to accomplish their goals. I can say eventually that my objective is to be happy putting a smile in others faces : )