I grew up in Cancun, Mexico with a very limited landscape of what I could achieve, the most common careers choices involved tourism and communication and this was not something I was interested in, I had a dream of going into the corporate world.

I wanted to leave my small hometown and find my own passion. After turning 18, in 2010, I moved to Paris as I have some family there that welcomed me in their home. I started working in a fast-food restaurant hosting, cleaning bathrooms, cooking and then moving to the cash register. Whilst working in this restaurant, I started studying my bachelor in International Languages and Trade at the Sorbonne University. Through the 3 years of that degree I worked and studied at the same time. I worked in Sales, in restaurants, in shops and I babysat. I then had the opportunity to study 2 Master degrees, one in International Trade and another one in International Business and Exchanges. During the later, I had a class in Human Resources that sparked my interest in a future career in this sector.

In order to graduate from my Masters degree, I had to complete a 6 months internship in 2015. As a child, I’ve always dreamed of visiting and living in London so my research for this internship focused in opportunities in this city. I was lucky enough to be selected as a Summer Intern in Bloomberg as a Project Coordinator in the support team. After completing the internship, I was offered a full time role in the team. Since I had a strong interest in moving to HR in the future, I used my time in the Support team to network and learn more about the opportunities in the HR team. In 2017, I moved to HR as a Talent Coordinator, during this role I had the opportunity to learn about the candidate experience, the business needs, the importance of recruitment and the strategy behind meeting targets. With the help of my peers and managers as I was able to develop my skills and my knowledge. I had the opportunity to do a secondment in 2018 in Singapore that help me gain confidence in my knowledge and skillset. After this experience, and as I continue developing as a senior Talent Coordinator, I started taking opportunities to interview, screen and analyze data that will then help the strategy meetings. In 2020, I was given a secondment as recruiter whilst a colleague was out on maternity leave. This helped me ground myself in the recruiter role and continue developing my skillset. Finally in 2021 I was given the full time role as a recruiter at Bloomberg covering our User Support areas.

Through the years in the company, I’ve been part of different projects such as leading our Early Engagement programmes like our Insight Weeks, co-leading our Summer Internship and creating and managing our Bloomberg Launch programme. The later has now been recognized globally within the organization and has had a fantastic impact in our recruitment efforts, increasing the diverse representation in our entry-level roles.