In this talk, Max Deninzon shows that finance and money are not so complicated as long as we take the time to understand them. Max Deninzon is a junior in the Academy of Business & Finance (ABF) at the Bergen County Academies High School in Hackensack, New Jersey. Extraordinarily passionate about financial education, Max has been working extensively on bringing financial education to youth both at BCA as well as throughout his local community. As the acting president of his high school’s investment club, he leads weekly lectures on various technical theories and trading strategies. With these tools, he works with students to be able to utilize this theory in real-world applications, which Max believes is necessary to understand even at a basic level because of how it plays into daily life.Outside of the classroom, Max currently serves as the CFO for the Artrepreneurship Initiative Alliance, a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit that offers digital design services and marketing to local businesses throughout northern New Jersey. He also recently started a YouTube channel which goes by the name of “Wick&Candle." This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Social media thrives on comparison, appealing to emotions and visuals. In this talk, Julia Cho explores how people are subconsciously consuming media, causing them to spend money on unnecessary things. Julia Cho is a student at Bergen County Academies researching how social media and marketing shape what we buy and our subconscious purchasing. From chasing viral TikTok products to analyzing why ads make us feel we “need” something, she uses personal experience to reveal the psychology behind impulse buying and emotional spending. In this talk, she shares insights on how to recognize influence, reclaim choice, and make more conscious decisions in a media-driven world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Have you ever considered that music may have been the one to influence your decisions? In this talk, Chloey Cho explores music's influence on brain and decision-making. Chloey is a freshman at UCLA studying Economics and Musicology, and this is due to her interest rooted in business and music. With these passions, she started Solis and Luna Arts, an international therapy organization that centers around creative approaches to healthcare for patients with physical and mental health issues. She has received recognition for her work from the Kingdom of Wales, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, Elks Foundation, TEDx, Bill of Rights Institute, and more. She enjoys researching various sectors of music and relating it to various fields, whether it be business, history, politics. In her TEDxTalks, she aims to further spread music's unique potentials and avenues to people all over the world. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Marisa nos presenta el proyecto Quito Fragmentado y nos invita, en esta era digital de producción en serie, a valorar lo artesanal y con ello preservar nuestra cultura, historia y futuro. Creadora de Quito Fragmented, proyecto interdisciplinario para el rescate de las practicas artísticas artesanales de Ecuador. Arquitecta Fundadora de MATERIA Arquitectura, Graduada del RISD - Master in Architecture - Harvard - Leadership and Curricular Innovation: Transforming Higher Education in the Digital Age - Marisa en profesora de la USFQ. Su visión de la arquitectura y el arte moldean la filosofía de diseño del estudio, buscando una aproximación artesanal elevada e integral. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Empresaria cultural, gestora, productora, distribuidora, programadora e investigadora en cine y cultura. Ha impulsado el desarrollo del cine y las artes en Ecuador. Directora de OCHOYMEDIO, el primer complejo cinematográfico independiente del país. Mariana es promotora de políticas culturales y nos hace reflexionar sobre nuestro rol como creadores de cultura y el reto de trascender. Empresaria cultural, gestora, productora, distribuidora, programadora e investigadora en cine y cultura. Ha impulsado el desarrollo del cine y las artes en Ecuador. Directora de OCHOYMEDIO, el primer complejo cinematográfico independiente del país. Mariana es promotora de políticas culturales. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Fabio ci ha guidati dentro un viaggio sorprendente: dal cervello che si accende come un albero di Natale quando è in allerta, al corpo che conserva le tracce di ciò che abbiamo vissuto. Ci ha mostrato come il linguaggio, il contatto visivo e la respirazione possano diventare strumenti di evoluzione. Bastano due secondi di sguardo in più, una parola diversa, un respiro consapevole e qualcosa dentro di noi inizia a cambiare davvero. “Il corpo ricorda e, quando cominciamo ad ascoltarlo, il cambiamento smette di essere una fatica e diventa evoluzione.” Neuroscienziato e stratega del cambiamento, unisco approcci scientifici e pratici per rendere le trasformazioni umane sostenibili e reali. Aiuto aziende, terapeuti e persone ad attivare percorsi esperienziali e personalizzati. La mia missione? Trasformare la complessità del cambiamento in strategie semplici ed efficaci, dove scienza, evoluzione e umanità si incontrano. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx