My name is Daniel Vincenzo Papa De Dios. I was born in Bogotá, Colombia, to an Italo-Cuban family. My childhood was marked by diverse cultural experiences, including a few years spent in Australia with my mother. This instilled in me a love for travel, meeting new people and animals, and exploring different cultures and ways of thinking.
From a young age, I was passionate about the arts, especially drawing and writing. During my adolescence, I became interested in holistic and indigenous therapeutic practices such as Reiki, astrology, dowsing, and the study of Uitoto culture, participating in rituals like yagé and temazcales. In my free time, I enjoy reading and playing video games that stimulate my creativity and strategic thinking.
In 2012, I began my university journey at the DAMS program of the University of Bologna, where I took courses in Cultural Pedagogy and Perception Psychology, alongside artistic subjects. A seminar on the symbolism and iconography of Tarot sparked my interest in studying and reading the cards, an activity I began practicing in 2014 with the support of actress and health coach Katherine Porto. That same year, I met Ernesto Arias, a coaching expert who trained and certified me in Quantum Coaching.
After completing my Master’s degree and an advanced training course as a Dramaturg, I started working independently, following an interdisciplinary path between art, communication, and personal growth. Initially, I focused on theater, collaborating with artists and theaters, developing audience engagement strategies, directing performances, and conducting training workshops. Over time, my work expanded to include cultural communication, commercial marketing, and communication strategies with agencies and audiovisual production houses.
The pandemic experience prompted me to reconstruct myself with a horizontal and multidisciplinary vision. I consciously decided not to operate in a single field, allowing my work to reflect my explorations and interests at any given moment.
Subsequently, I gained experience in the video game industry, currently working as a Game Designer. This experience allows me to integrate gamification mechanics into my methods, making the personal growth process more engaging and dynamic.
Today, I cultivate my interest in the relationship between artistic languages, spiritual practices, holistic disciplines, and scientific fields with the goal of creating new strategies and methods for living fully in different ways. It is an interesting, fun, and sometimes even a bit strange journey.
I continue to study Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Neuroscience, and Moral Philosophy, and listen to professionals in these fields such as Nazareth Castellanos, Jaggi Vasudev “Sadhguru”, David del Rosario, Wayne W. Dyer, Alan W. Watts, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and Anthony “Tony” Robbins.
Living on one’s own terms and creating one’s own path means choosing the present moment and knowing how to enjoy it. With the awareness that our actions have an impact and can change the world we live in, we must remember that it’s okay to be different and to allow ourselves to act differently. We can change our patterns and the narratives around us, living differently from what the global system suggests and learning to reclaim our responsibility for ourselves.
