So, I have a problem I want to talk about. You see, just just to give it's not a huge problem, but I want to give you a few contexts. I really really love stories.And not just like any stories. I love really really long stories. I love getting into really long book franchises or movie franchises or movie serieses that can last weeks or even months of my life because I think it's fun.I like getting into all the different characters and waking up thinking about these places. But the problem is something very ...

Our voices are a unique representation of who we are as people. They're a tell of character. So when our voices go ignored, it feels like we are being ignored.Not just our ideas, us. Every time someone is brushed over or talked over, what they're told is you don't matter. And the longer that goes on, the quieter they get.Not because they don't have anything to say, but because the world has conditioned them to believe that no one wants to hear it. And this doesn't just affect the person being silenced. It a ...

I almost did an audition for this TED talk. I sat there with application open for a few days overthinking every single thing. What if I'm not good enough. What if they reject me. What if I embarrass myself up here.But then I remember something my mom always tells me. Everything happens for a reason. And so it got me thinking, what if I'm meant to be up here no matter what.What if someone needs to hear this. So, here I am terrified, but here. And so, back in 2021, I moved from Ecuador to United States.At jus ...

Growing up as a Chinese kid with flat hair for most of his life, cut by only the best barber in town, my dad, still huge forehead and focus on those A++ grades. There's absolutely no way you can tell that I actually don't fit into the AsianAmerican community. Oh, except I don't speak Chinese.Am I a bad Asian. I ask myself this question whenever my family eats at an authentic Chinese restaurant, like the ones where the walls are as old as the grandpa's eating there, and the decor is non-existent. The waiters ...

Good morning, Mountain View High School. It's a privilege to be here with you today. I actually raised my family in Sunnyville and Mountain View.So, coming back so much fun. You guys are growing, progressing, changing, and it's fun to see. So, as the intro talked about, um I spend my life focusing on creating connections with people, all kinds of people, no matter what, no matter where.And I love it. It is a passion. And so uh today I want to show you some images of connection from my life but then explain ...

I want to start with a question. What does hope mean to you. In Brazil, when your favorite football team is down 02, there's a saying, hope dies last.Maybe for you, hope means believing in something bigger than yourself. Maybe it means not giving up when things get hard. For me, it's always been something different.It's been a bridge between the struggles of today and the strength passed down from those before us. In 2021, I moved to Mountain View right before the start of seventh grade. I didn't know anyon ...

You remember that feeling you had when you revealed that test score. You all know what you're what I'm talking about. When you flipped it over and then your jaw dropped.Then everyone's conversations blur into background noise and you can't speak. You can't think. You're just staring at the score, unable to process how you could have bombed that test.Well, when this happens for me, because well, this happens a little more often than than I'd like to admit, my mind starts to make excuses. I start thinking, we ...

When I look in the mirror, who do I see. A girl, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a student. All of these people.Are they really me. I see myself through a looking glass playing all these parts, pieces of a puzzle, a mosaic where I hope people say, "Wow, what a work of art." But is this a representation of me or the version I want others to see. When I look in the mirror, sometimes it's really hard because I'm doing my best to never let down my guard.Yet, there are moments where I love letting my smile free. ...

What if you had run just now when your teacher told you to file into the theater and take a seat, but instead you ran. Now, I know someone must have thought about it, but what if you actually had. Would you have looked both ways when crossing the street.And if you hadn't, would you have gotten hit by a car. Would you get to know the person behind the wheel. And would they become your next best friend or your new mortal enemy.Or would they have just driven off and left you in the street. Now, it's strange be ...

Quétal. On pense que quand on communique tout se joue dans le contenu mais en réalité tout se joue avant. Avant un mot, avant une intention. Le cerveau de l'autre a déjà décidé si on est une menace ou si nous sommes une alliance. Juste avant de commencer, je voudrais vous demander, est-ce que quelqu'un ici n'a jamais jamais jamais jugé par une première impression ? Voilà. Voilà. Exactement. parce qu'en fait ce jugement est totalement inconscient et même si se fait d'une manière naturelle, ça va influencer l ...