Estefanía Yanez Schmidt
Estefanía works in the interior design sector as the CEO of Aurea. For clients with low budgets across the emerging markets of Latin America, Aurea is an online firm that provides artisans and local furniture businesses with affordable interior design and a faster way to connect to clients. Estefanía aims to enter new markets in the short term and ultimately to become the leading e-design company in Latin America. Coming into the YLAI Fellowship, Estefanía’s top business challenge is Finance. More specifically, they want to develop tactics to face increasing competition, build their teams, and keep within a sustainable budget. During the Fellowship Placement, Estefanía hopes to develop experience in leadership, company culture, marketing, and sales and to learn new tricks, build connections, and gain an understanding of current technologies and tools.