Cristina GallegosCristina M. Gallegos, born in communist Romania as the daughter of an entrepreneurial woman and a Renaissance man, wrote short stories as a 10-year-old and started her first business in high-school, at the time when having a business was illegal. Shewon her first literary award at the age of 17, capturing first prize at a national competition for emergent young artists with a mid-century centered novella on love and loss across two generations. She moved to California in the late 90's. An eclectic writer with a wide range encompassing poetry, essays, fiction, and business writing, Gallegos is equally at home when coalescing words in short or long form, as long as the result instructs, provokes, and entertains. When not a writer, Gallegos is a consumate entrepreneur. She is a 6 times Founder and has 30+ years of experience in business, with more than two decades spent in philanthropy. As such, Gallegos' sweet spot sits at the intersection of the for-profit and non-profit worlds bridging the gap through deep understanding of what makes people tick, and fueling her business writing with rich and useful content. Gallegos is the CEO of Skylarx, a Triple Bottom Line consulting firm with a presence in the US and the EU, working to align public, philanthropic, and business efforts to strengthen the global society and the people who make it great. She often shares insights from the trenches, writing and speaking publicly about the art and science of change.Cristina Gallegos is the author of 16 books, including travelling and activism essays volumes "The Soaring Always Pays for the Thud" and "Chasing the World", feminist poetry volumes "Be f*cking brave" and "Songs without music", and the business tome of leadership intelligence "Ferocious intent".Each year, a robust percentage of Gallegos' time is allocated for Pro Bono work and a portion of Skylarx profits are donated towards social change. As an immigrant and a Latina from Eastern Europe married to a Chinese/Mexican man, Gallegos lives "diversity" to the bone. She is an art collector, a particle physics aficionado, a philosopher, painter, gardener, and passionate photographer. She has traveled to 90+ countries and territories on 6 continents. Read More Read Less