80 IQ

A point of view is equivalent to 80 IQ points, developing your own point of view actually can make you smarter according to Alan Kay, father of artificial intelligence.

After a few years working in the markets, I realized that kids who get involved with my guests, start to think different, ask smarter questions, become more curious and less introvert, then i meet Linda Ginzel and amazing Chigaco University professor who attended my tour I learned about Alan Kay´s theory and decided to create 80IQ.

10 kids from La Merced market will be part of this yearly program, the goal is to help them change their point of view, giving them a chance of having a different life out of the market.

For this, we have 3 activities:

1. English lessons: every Saturday kids attend to English lessons, there is no better way to be part of the world than learning another language, we want them to be able to see that the world is a giant place.
2. Monthly meet and greats: they´ll meet “Industry heroes” successful Mexicans with uncommon careers, like elephants rescuers, visual artists, museum curators, professional dancers, chefs and more, the goal is to teach them that life is full of possibilities, and they can be whatever they want to be.
3. Traveling: Nothing changes peoples lives more than traveling, I got the inspiration for my company while in Turkey, and they will be inspired for sure if they get to travel, in June 2019, we will visit Toronto for 5 days, the kids that stay in the program for the whole year will be able to attend this trip.

This is the first generation of 80IQ kids, and I hope that Eat Like a Local keeps growing so I can keep helping more and more kids every year.