By Cordo, built by someone who cares.

The beginning

Those who know me can attest that I am not one to sit on my laurels. At eight, I commissioned a custom Spongebob piñata because the party store's options didn't match the vision for my birthday barbeque. By ten, I was making colour-coded documents listing my top choices for summer camps and Christmas presents. At thirteen, I planned a joint birthday party at a nightclub: custom cake, personalized favors, handmade invitations, a curated playlist for the DJ, and a dress code I came up with myself.

Shortly after turning fifteen, I started working summers in a dental office. By twenty, I was running the show: insurance, scheduling, supplies, admin, and serving as personal assistant to two bosses at once. On weekends, I was working political fundraisers and galas at some of Washington D.C.'s most storied venues: the embassies of Sweden, Mexico, Italy, and Peru; several Smithsonian museums; the Library of Congress; and the U.S. Capitol.

Where I come from

I grew up just outside Washington D.C., shaped by my Latin, Caribbean, and West African roots. Almost nine years ago I moved to the Netherlands to study History, Literature, and eventually Political Science. Somewhere along the way, Utrecht stopped feeling like a destination and started feeling like home.

I've spent my life moving between cultures and languages, and I've always known how to read a room and get things done in any of them.

Who I am

I'm also an ADHD girly, which in practice means I am meticulous, relentlessly organized (or else chaos ensues), and constitutionally incapable of letting a detail fall through the cracks. I'm a perfectionist and deeply empathetic, sometimes to my detriment.

I speak up. I notice things. I care, genuinely, about getting it right.

Why By Cordo

By Cordo is the business I built around who I've always been and what I've always done: for family, for bosses, for the people I love. Coordinating the things that pile up. Anticipating what's needed before it's asked. Making sure everything runs quietly so the people around me don't have to think about it.

The name came from playing with the Spanish word for accord: the right word for a service built on trust and partnership. The pact is simple: an agreement to quietly take things off your plate and make your life easier.

Now I can do it for you.