Laura is the founder of She is the Universe, a platform designed to amplify the voices of teenage girls from around the world. She seeks to empower and offer them support they need to stand in their own stories and pursue their dreams. Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Laura discovered a love of design, filmmaking, and storytelling that led her to New York City to study. Her fierce commitment to her craft led her to work with many of the top brands in the world and eventually found her own creative design lab, JelloMonsters. For now, Laura has put nearly every part of her life on hiatus to travel the globe and create a video docuseries for She is the Universe. She is on a quest to capture and share the dreams and struggles of 111 teenage girls of all shapes, sizes, colors, languages, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Her goal is to both offer their unfiltered stories, and create a place for them to see themselves in others and find a sense of community and possibility. Laura is the founder of She is the Universe, a platform designed to amplify the voices of teenage girls from around the world. She seeks to empower and offer them support they need to stand in their own stories and pursue their dreams.

Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Laura discovered a love of design, filmmaking, and storytelling that led her to New York City to study. Her fierce commitment to her craft led her to work with many of the top brands in the world and eventually found her own creative design lab, JelloMonsters.

For now, Laura has put nearly every part of her life on hiatus to travel the globe and create a video docuseries for She is the Universe. She is on a quest to capture and share the dreams and struggles of 111 teenage girls of all shapes, sizes, colors, languages, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Her goal is to both offer their unfiltered stories, and create a place for them to see themselves in others and find a sense of community and possibility. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx