About Alejandro

Global engagements

Meetings, projects, and collaborations across education, wellbeing, leadership, and public policy.

With President Mario Abdo Benítez, Finance Minister Benigno López, and Jeffrey Sachs, my mentor and then supervisor · Presidential Palace, Paraguay

With Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and Jeffrey Sachs

With Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations

With Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica · H-20 Government Summit, Lisbon, Portugal

With Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the International Baccalaureate · Festival of Hope, UWC Atlantic, St Donat’s Castle, Wales, UK

With María Fernanda Espinosa, former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister and UN General Assembly President, and Jeffrey Sachs

With President Mario Abdo Benítez · Presidential Palace, Paraguay

With Andrea Illy, Jeffrey Sachs, and the illycaffè team · World Government Summit, Dubai, UAE

Working with Emily Larson and children at a community school · Kathmandu, Nepal

With Ohood Al Roumi, then UAE Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing, and her team · Dubai

Positive education teacher training with Emily Larson and local educators · Manila, Philippines

With Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley · Thimphu, Bhutan

International wellbeing expert group with Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema · Thimphu, Bhutan

Buddhist economics and business practices with Jeffrey Sachs and colleagues · New York

Chairing a panel on Gross National Happiness · Paro, Bhutan

Co-presenting on positive education and psychology with my mentor Marty Seligman · Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

My mentor Marty Seligman during our joint presentation on positive psychology and education · Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Gross National Happiness and monastic education · Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan

Education for Gross National Happiness · Bumthang, Bhutan

A personal conversation over a meal with Matthieu Ricard · Santiago, Chile

Sharing a panel with Matthieu Ricard on wellbeing, science, and policy · Santiago, Chile

Celebrating graduation with students during my tenure as Dean of Student Life & Wellbeing · Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada

Receiving a farewell painting from an Ambassador’s Award recipient · Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada

With Eugenio Derbez · Education for the global good and the film Radical

Delivering a keynote · Magnet, Mexico City

Presenting on wellbeing in education · Kazakhstan

Presidential press conference · Paraguay

Interview for Televisa and Microsoft Mexico · Mexico

Associate editor, Global Happiness Policy Report · World Government Summit, UAE

Working with students in the classroom · Bhutan

Wellbeing and public policy · OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy

Speaking in Santa Monica, California

Presenting to international delegates · IDB, Panama

Leading a panel on education, arts and humanities · Hope Circuit, Mexico

On air · Radio Quillota, Chile

Interview with ABC Color · Paraguay

Wellbeing summit · Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City

Positive education · Tsinghua University, Beijing

Television interview · C9N, Paraguay

With Jeffrey Sachs, the president of Tec de Monterrey, deans of business, government, and public policy, and colleagues · Mexico City

Presenting on education and wellbeing · Brazil

Addressing international delegates · FAO

Facilitating an educator professional development roundtable · World Bank headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Delivering a keynote · Magnet, Mexico City

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