Fearless Narratives' host Courtlyn Jones (@courtlyn.jones) sits down with Catalina Escallon (@catalinaescallon), a Colombian graphic designer based in New York City. She is a visual communicator with a love affair with textiles. Comes from a multidisciplinary background that includes graphic design, product development, and business management. As a creative storyteller, Catalina helps organizations bring their stories to life and help them properly communicate with their audience.

Catalina is co-founder of Noodo (@noodo_studio), an idea incubator studio. Alongside her partner, Daniela Guarin, they developed design-thinking workshops that help entrepreneurs think creatively about their brand. They cultivate, accelerate, and bring ideas to market.

As a side hustle, Catalina creates art pieces in which she uses thread to tell stories and to bridge the digital and analog space. Her embroideries are an invitation to touch and an exploration of textile techniques. She brings dimensionality with thread to tell stories and create memories. You can follow Catalina’s process and see her dimensional embroideries in her Instagram account. 

Website: https://catalinaescallon.com/

Instagram: @catalinaescallon

Noodo Studio: https://noodostudio.com/

Instagram: @noodo_studio