TEDxAruba strives for sustainable innovation, new business creation and bringing ideas to life, not only for Aruba, but also for other similar small economies and the rest of the world.

The TEDxAruba mission, like the TED mission, is to propagate Ideas worth Spreading and Actions worth Doing; to inform and inspire. Our specific goal is to turn TEDxAruba into the Caribbean’s leading platform and pipeline for great ideas, storytelling, creativity and actionable innovation. In addition to this, our goal is to foster a sense of community amongst the people and organizations who have gathered (and continue to gather) around this event and to provide a cultural driving force for conversation and action on how to create a sustainable society.

Susan is the New York Times best selling author of nine books on mindfulness, communication, and relationships.  Named

by Mashable as “One of the 25 Most Inspiring People on Twitter,” she has been featured on Oprah, CNN, the TODAY Show, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Money, and Parade. She is a graduate of a Buddhist seminary and has been a meditation practitioner for more than 20 years. Susan founded the Open Heart Project, an online mindfulness community with close to 20,000 members around the world.