It is incredible how fast time has passed by, this program is almost over. I cannot believe it has been already three months since I arrived here in Dublin and still, I keep falling in love with this gorgeous country and its culture every day. I feel I had an amazing opportunity to be part…

This week, unfortunately, I attended the funeral of my supervisor’s mom. I was amazingly surprised how Irish culture differs from the Cuban from this perspective. Irish people see life in death. Therefore, celebrating a funeral is just a way to express gratitude to someone’s life, which is just completely different from my culture where we…

Last weekend, I took a day bus tour to visit Northern Ireland with a few friends. Before coming to Ireland, I knew Northern Ireland was part of the United Kingdom so I thought there was a border between the two countries. However, I found out I was already in Northern Ireland because the bus driver…

Nowadays, energy efficiency plays a significant role in the energy ecosystem, sustainable growth, and economic development of numerous companies. Many organizations have an appetite to implement energy efficiency projects, either to cut costs or improve their carbon footprint. Most of those organizations find difficult to get capital allocated to these projects due to cash constraints…

During these past days, I have been assigned to work on several immediate tasks at my workplace. They are all involved with strategies to implement and improve an organized marketing plan, especially in social media. I realized since the beginning of my time here, the company did not have a well-designed implemented digital marketing plan….

It has been already a month since I arrived in Dublin, and it seems it was yesterday when I was packing my luggage to come here to Ireland. In just a month, I feel I have done a lot personally and professionally. I have not left yet and I know I am going to miss…

During the second week at my workplace, I had the opportunity to assist on Wednesday to a convention about construction and engineering in the green sector with Vivid Edge’s Technical Director. It was very interesting to learn so much about other companies working on renewables and a sustainable energy future, and also to see how…

My first week at Vivid Edge was full of excitement. Since the first day, my bosses asked me to join them in a telephone meeting with a company’s consultant. I was amazed how they wanted me to be part of their team since day one. During the first day, I was assigned to create a…