• Does remote work inspire you to imagine what it would be like to move to a different country?
• Have you always felt more at home somewhere far from where you grew up?
• Have you been dreaming of being a "digital nomad"?
• Do you think there would be more opportunities to do what you love or to raise a family abroad?

As travel remains restricted and we get used to connecting online and working from home, you might find yourself dreaming of living in a completely different place. From a different language, laws, and attitudes towards work, life, and education, moving to a different country is one of the most disruptive and bold steps you can take. Add changing careers to the mix, and you might be embarking on one of the biggest adventures in your life.

I invited three individuals who took the leap and changed address and careers: they will join us from Portugal, Argentina, and the United States, for an in-depth conversation about following your dreams - wherever they take you.

Repurpose Your Purpose is a program to help you figure out what to do professionally by using what you already know to do something new, and support you while you go for it.

In 2021 we are back (virtually) with our first How to Change Careers event of the year.

From the very start, Aurora Meneghello set out to create Repurpose Your Purpose as a program where career changers could come together to have the in-depth conversation missing in their lives. A space free of judgement and where everyone feels welcome. One of Repurpose Your Purpose's signature experiential events is the How to Change Careers series, started as an in-person series of events in Los Angeles. All events are now online and feature speakers from all over the world.

Psst: if you are ready to change careers, sign up for the waiting list to join the next Group Program to Change Careers.

Founder Aurora Meneghello's career advice has been featured on CNBC, Glassdoor Blog, Bustle Magazine, and more. She is a skilled facilitator and writer, sharing her unique approach to career change in person and online through events, trainings, workshops, coaching, and on her blog, which is read by thousands of people every month.

ARE YOU READY TO DO WORK YOU LOVE?

No BS, no fluff, come ready to:

• Learn how to take COURAGEOUS ACTION and go after impossible dreams
• HEAR from successful career changers who changed careers after moving to a different country
• Find INSPIRATION and ideas to follow your dreams
• Stay after the panel to MEET fellow event attendees for small group shares (this part will not be recorded)

We'll talk about:

• What it's REALLY like to change careers as an EXPAT
• How to find INSPIRATION and create a career that fulfills you
• How to face UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES
• How to connect and NETWORK with others when you don't know anyone
• How to leverage your previous EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE in a new career...and in a new country
• and more!

Meet and hear from professionals and entrepreneurs who moved to a different country and changed careers to pursue professions or businesses that they feel passionate about.

Psst: This is NOT going to be your typical panel discussion

Meet the Panelists:

SHAROLYN WYNTER is a social entrepreneur who promotes holistic wellbeing, personal development, and community empowerment. She is the founder and CEO of Xpat, Inc. and creator of The Xpat App, which is noted as the first and only app designed uniquely for the Black expat community. Her platform focuses on enhancing the living abroad experience for the Black expat community through knowledge sharing, community building, and capturing the richness and diversity of the Black experience abroad. She is also an advocate for youth empowerment and STEM education which she supports through her service on the Board of Directors for Raising Expectations youth development program.

Prior to taking the leap of faith to build the lifestyle of her dreams as a social entrepreneur, Sharolyn worked for 10+ years at Deloitte Consulting in their technology practice and also served as the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Girls LOVE Travel, a community of 1.1 million female travelers. She credits the untimely passing of her father as the turning point that led to her drastic lifestyle and career change.Sharolyn currently resides in Lisbon, Portugal where she spends her leisure time scrapbooking, traveling, and investing in passion projects.

ALESSANDRA MARINETTI is the Sr. Director of Customer Education and Certification at Box. Her work is all about learning, transformation, connection, and being a global citizen.

Originally from Italy, she started her career as a university educator, helping students learn German and Italian. She went through her first professional transformation when she moved from academia to a brilliant eLearning start-up in San Francisco, California, where she helped customers make sense of technology-enabled learning and where she met some of the most passionate and driven learning professionals of her career.

Alessandra pursued her second transformation by moving to Geneva to work for the United Nations to build a learning function and learning programs from the ground up. While in Europe, she continued her international adventure going back to the private sector, where she led international teams focusing on HR Business Transformation projects. Her intercultural experience served her well, and she enjoyed facilitating change discussions with clients from all over Europe.

Alessandra now lives in the Bay Area where, after several years working at Linkedin, she now leads a team focused on Customer Education programs at Box. She is passionate about building transformational experiences for her team and to support customers' success through learning and certification.

MARYELLA MARIE [she/her] is a renaissance womxn and social impact multimedia producer who has spent a decade working with diverse technologists, independent artists, and divergent innovators across the globe to deepen their audiences’ emotional intelligence. She curates meaningful conversations and installations centered around belonging, amplifies underserved and underheard voices, and develops provocative initiatives that bridge our shared stories and connect us to an enlightened state of awareness.

Born in Los Angeles and raised between California & Georgia, Maryella Marie is an expat living in Patagonia, Argentina where she holds safe virtual space as a facilitator, moderator, and host, interviewing diverse women leaders on PowerToFly’s Chat & Learn program, facilitating sensual awakening workshops and discussion groups on the Joie de Vivre platform, and creative directing mindful collaborations at The Positive Force Team.

If you are interested in decolonizing the mind, activating your sensual bodies, and deepening your emotional intelligence through provocative art, visit ThePositiveForceTeam.org and join a virtual event that suits your needs. You can also learn more about Maryella Marie here.

LOGISTICS:

When you register, you will be sent a link to join us on Zoom for this special event.

• Please make sure you have fast and reliable internet connection, video camera, headphones and mic as needed to participate.
• Although a Zoom has a phone app is available, we highly recommend you plan on attending using your laptop or desktop computer.
• You will also be able to call in if you don't have the ability to connect through the internet
• This event will be recorded