Humanologist, HR Expert, Community Builder

Hi, I'm Virginia Campo, and when people ask me what I do for a living, I often freeze. I feel like a cat with nine lives, professionally speaking.

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Here's why: At 18, I started working at the United Nations Latin American HQ in Panama, setting a record as the youngest employee in 2007. This early start in a high-responsibility role built my professional stamina. By the time I graduated in International Relations, I had three years of UN experience and was hungry for new challenges. I transitioned from global bureaucracy to local grassroots.

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In 2015, as I prepared to launch my own consulting agency, I met a man who claimed to be on his way to revolutionize the hospitality industry. He was building a hotel for "Digital Nomads and Remote Workers" and needed help hiring the right people and building the right culture. Fast forward two weeks, I was introduced to the other four people in the office as the new Head of HR. This company was Selina, and that man was its founder. I then became the fifth corporate hire, the first VP of People, first woman and youngest at the C-level, helping build a company that grew to 5,000 employees in five years, with 150 locations in 50 countries, and went public in 2022.