Laura Schoen

24 years

Innovative global and local leaders motivated by excellence.

Living in Chelsea, I walk to restaurants nearby. Untitled, Le Coq Rico and the vegetarian restaurant at Eataly are among the ones I visit frequently, but I also enjoy eating at Gentleman-Farmer when I am in Brooklyn.

My interest in continuous improvement and acquiring new skills. I take piano lessons, train with a great ping pong master and improve my swimming skills with a trainer.

My family. Sharing their moments of happiness and suffering has taught me a lot about human resilience and made me a more hopeful and optimistic human being.

Art/Creation – I love books, movies, exhibits, plays, concerts.. I bring to the office new ideas that can be leveraged to address a client’s problem and an enormous respect for the creativity process.

Traveling – I am fortunate to have a multinational family and to have visited many interesting places. What I have gained is a sense of perspective. I cannot impose my view on others and I need to try to see things through their eyes.

Early in my career, I was the publicist for a German movie production in Ouro Preto, Brazil. The city is a UNESCO protected colonial town, known for its baroque churches, romantic bridges and fountains and winding cobbled streets.

The movie’s leading actress was the daughter of Cecilia Meireles, a renowned poet who wrote a book about the place. She and I would walk around the city while she recited her mother’s poems about each location. It was an unforgettable experience.