Gabriel Sierra Poveda

Colombian

Currently based in Zürich.

I was born in Acacias, Meta, Colombia, the 22nd of may 1992, just after I was born we moved to Bogota, where I was raised, and where I finished my Bachelor in Production of photographic Image, after spending some time In the United States, I returned to Colombia to start working and creating personal projects, Until the political situation was unbearable for me and my family given the active career of my mother as a lawyer and activist for the victims of the armed conflict in Colombia, We were forced to leave and sought Asylum in Switzerland On august 2016, where we have been living since then, we came here without any knowledge of the German language, and with a big cultural shock, always trying our best to ''integrate'', and have an active and inclusive participation in the swiss society, which we keep learning to understand and respect as a new way of living, during this time (now more than three years), our case is still on process, without the possibility to work, or do any official studies, we continue our german courses and participate in various programs, organizations, and associations. Such as Capacity Zürich, ZHDK, Hillsong Church.

ALWAYS WITH OUR HEAD UP, OUR HEART WHERE FAMILY IS, AND OUR FAITH UNTOUCHED.

Contact information:

+41 76 419 81 90

gabrielsierrapoveda@gmail.com

Entrepreneurship project based in zürich, creating a cultural, social, and economic bridge between Colombia and Switzerland:

www.verdecolombia.ch