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TEDxChulaVista May 19, 2018

Join us for a day of ideas worth sharing presented by speakers and performers who will inspire you to SHIFT Into Awareness!

Chula Vista, California | City Hall

TEDxChulaVistaIDEAS WORTH SPREADING

Join us for a day of ideas worth sharing presented by speakers and performers who will inspire you to SHIFT Into Awareness!

Chula Vista, California

TEDxChulaVista May 19, 2018

Join us for a day of ideas worth sharing presented by speakers and performers who will inspire you to SHIFT Into Awareness!

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WHAT IS TEDX?

TEDx is more than just an event. It’s part of an international phenomenon. Thousands of people from around the world have attended their locally organized TEDx event. From big-city universities in the US to out-of-the-way villages in Africa, people have come together to hear “ideas worth sharing.” This is your chance to be inspired by ideas worth sharing. Join us for TEDxChulaVista!
Tickets Go On Sale in 2018

What Is TEDx?

It is Amazing!

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TEDxChulaVista will bring together inspirational speakers, breath-taking artists, and thought-provoking leaders to share ideas worth spreading.

This event will take place at Southwestern College, Mayan Hall on May 19, 2018.

A COMMUNITY EVENT

TEDx events are organized and ran by the community and supported by businesses and corporate sponsors. There are so many ways you can become a part of TEDxChulaVista. Below are a few areas where community members and businesses can get involved.

Be a Speaker

TEDxChulaVista will showcase interesting, unique, and inspiring speakers and artist (music, dance, art). We invite you to view our list of speakers

Nominate A Speaker

Be a Sponsor/Partner

We wouldn’t be able to host TEDxChulaVista without the support of our sponsors and partners. Learn more to see if we’d be a good fit.

Partnership

Be a Volunteer

We are always looking for people who are interested in getting involved with TEDxChulaVista. If you think you would be a good match, we would love to have you as part of our tribe.

Join Our Team

Dave Huxtable

Dave Huxtable

Languages Enthusiast

Cultural diplomat Dave Huxtable loves language and espouses language learning for the sheer pleasure it brings. Throughout his life, he has mastered ten languages…so far. He challenges the notions that learning a foreign language is difficult and that it requires special talent. Did you know that learning a foreign language will change the physical structure of your brain? Dave champions foreign language training for improved global understanding, neurological health, and optimum cognitive function.

Miguel Aldrete

CEO of Kids4Now

Miguel Angel Aldrete is a local Entrepreneur, Author, and Philanthropist. Miguel is also a Senior at Olympian High School who has been inspiring students to take action for over a decade. Since the age of 8 he has written and published two books, started his non-profit “Kids 4 Our World” and organized city-wide and International volunteering campaigns. Miguel continues spreading his message that anyone can make a difference regardless of how young they might be.

Malesha Taylor

Opera Singer

Malesha Jessie Taylor has sung with the greatest symphony orchestras around the country in genres ranging from Opera to Jazz to Experimental. Her groundbreaking “Gorilla Opera”, a series of impromptu face to face engagements with local Brooklynites in bodegas, buses and barbershops, was so powerful and successful that it was brought to San Diego in 2016. Malesha now uses her celebrity from the world of performance to evoke social change through the arts.

Mark Van Stone Ph.D

Southwestern College Professor

From his earliest years, Dr. Van Stone was self-taught, ravenously devouring any book he could find. Earning a degree in Physics from Oxford, he initially worked in Gamma Ray Astronomy. Then, studying Calligraphy for the next 20 years, he becoming the recognized expert on Paleography. His Book entitled 2012 traces the ancient Maya prophecies through their hieroglyphs, and investigates what the Maya really said about the end of the world, what would happen, and when.

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OUR SPEAKERS

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MEET ALL SPEAKERS
Chris Nielson

Chris Nielson

Improv Corporate Trainer

Chris Nielson is a jokester, gamer and story-teller whose passion for inspiring minds and moving hearts creates some of the most engaging “corporate training” you’ve ever experienced. You will be AWAKENED and brought joyfully into an environment of inevitable success. Through Chris’s background in Peak Sports Performance, you will learn to breeze past those around you who are merely sleep-walking through life. WAKE UP and learn from the Joy Master

Jean Issac

San Diego Dance Theater

Jean Isaacs’ choreography has been performed in 8 countries, winning awards and critical acclaim from theater critics, universities, and arts foundations. Co-founder of the San Diego Dance Alliance, Isaacs’ work has been commissioned by the San Diego Opera, the La Jolla Playhouse, and other nationally recognized venues. Having taught choreography for 25 years at UCSD, Ms. Isaacs now directs the San Diego Dance Theater where she works with the region’s most talented and accomplished young dancers.

Jessie Change

World Renown Pianist

Jessie Chang has been a phenomenon since age 10. With a Bachelor’s at 19 and Master’s at 21, she has accumulated over 30 top honors at competitions around the world. Whether performing at Carnegie Hall, in a 28,000-person stadium, or locally at the San Diego Symphony, Ms. Chang dazzles audiences with her commanding technique, and mesmerizes them with her charm and personality. Come hear how this mother of two looks at life, success and the future.

Victor Navone

Pixar Animator

Victor Navone started with classical art training, then added self-study, lots of hard work, and a year abroad in France. The result: he has now worked on over 10 Disney/Pixar feature animated films, and received several awards along the way. He has also worked on multiple video game projects, and has a viral video to his credit. What drives this guitar-playing, French-speaking yoga dad and husband in search of excellence. He’ll tell us.

Jahja Ling

Past San Diego Symphony Conductor

Jahja Ling is the only conductor of Chinese descent to serve as Musical Director of a major US orchestra, directing the San Diego Symphony for 13 years. During his tenure, he revitalized San Diego’s symphony culture and effected the orchestra’s first ever Carnegie Hall appearance. With degrees from both Juilliard and Yale, he founded two Youth Symphony Orchestras and has performed for Queen Elizabeth II. Now retired, he teaches and inspires young musicians in great musical traditions.

EVENT DETAILS

Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, CA 91910

May 19, 201811:00 am – 04:00pm

350 Seats AvailableTickets On Sale 2018

Experience Amazing!An Event Worth Celebrating!