When I was 11, I wanted a camera. I knew the only way I was going to get one was to earn it. So after school, I started washing cars for 10 euros each. For nearly two years, I saved what I could until I could finally buy the camera I had been dreaming about, a Sony!

That experience shaped a belief I still carry with me: opportunities rarely appear on their own. You work, you create, and you put yourself in a position for them to find you. That camera became the beginning of everything that followed.