Acknowledging Your Success | Roberta Elizondo

After pursuing and failing at a variety of companies, from selling doughnuts on the black market at her elementary school to opening a pizzeria, 2021 GSEA Global Champion Roberta Elizondo realized failure is a part of entrepreneurship. And that’s okay. She soon found a love and respect for social entrepreneurship, so much that she wanted to create her own program, Travelers With Cause, a social company that pairs young tourists with volunteer work in rural communities. Roberta discusses the complexities of volunteer work, normalizing failure and finding peace with your current success. “Anything we desire in life we desire it because of what we think we are going to feel when we get it … Bring that feeling to now, and that will make you a successful person each day of your life.”