Diana Hieb

Diana finished her primary school years in Guatemala. Due to the civil war and to continue her college and university studies, her family sent her to New York, where she achieved a degree in microcomputers and business administration. Diana completed an internship at Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan, New York, and soon after received a job offer with the pharmaceutical giant. Pursuing her love for creativity and the arts whilst working full-time and caring for two young children, she pursued a degree in graphic design with a minor in photography. Diana also founded a photography busi-ness in New York City during her entrepreneurial life. She landed jobs in companies such as FactSet, a signifi-cant financial research company that offers risk analytics tools and real-time data feeds for institutional investors. The United Nations cultural event unit invited her to exhibit her project “Eyes Windows of the Soul”.

Grabbing her bags and relocating whenever required by her ex-husband did not prevent Diana from con-tinuing her commitment to helping others and growing her curious mind. As soon as landing in London, she became part of the Kensington and Chelsea Women's clubs and enrolled to support charities such as Centre Point, which aids young people running away from abuse and escaping homelessness. She also helped a school for adults seeking to learn essential reading and writing skills in Antigua, Guatemala.

In 2014, Diana once again had to relocate, this time to Hong Kong. Soon after, becoming the President of the Asociación the Mujeres de Habla Hispana AMHH or Association of Spanish Speaking Women in Hong Kong and an ambassador between consulates and embassies, creating and promoting cultural events and aiding many Spanish-speaking community members during their ex-pat permanence in Hong Kong. She was essential in or-ganizing aid for Cradle of Hope, an orphanage in Macao founded and managed by a Brazilian couple. Pursuing her motto of a win-win situation, she founded a compa-ny in Hong Kong to help promote organic coffee, maca-damia, and cocoa bean from small to medium size grow-ers in her motherland. Besides overseeing her compa-ny's growth, after her role as President of AMHH, she continued to support and visit prisoners in Hong Kong who spoke Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Diana sourced and distributed reading material and promoted drawing as an empowering medium of expression and alleviating isolation and stress. She supported drawing competitions among inmates. During the pandemic, Diana enlisted with the National Health Insurance (NHS) in England as a Volunteer First Respondent and remained faithful to her commitment for two years until the program ended.