From Insight
to Impact

Global Culture. Strategic Growth. Real Connections.

What We Do?

Our work turns insight into action by combining multicultural creativity with global strategy. We bridge culture, data, and storytelling to help organizations reach diverse audiences, building meaningful partnerships, and create impact that lasts.

Why Us?

Mazdi’s 16 + years of strategic experience paired with TheSharedWorld’s global to local mission creates a partnership grounded in credibility, community, action, and long-term impact.

Partner With Us

Let’s build what’s next—together. Whether you’re launching a campaign, connecting communities to policy, promoting an event, product or service, we’ll help turn ideas into measurable impact.

Meet the Team

What began as a simple meeting at a Westside coffee shop quickly revealed shared values and a shared calling. TheSharedWorld and Mazdi are partnering to blend strategic insight, community-rooted storytelling, and global perspective, bringing together complementary strengths to elevate voices, shift narratives, and drive meaningful change across sectors.

Founder at TheSharedWorld

Vanessa Ibarra

Vanessa is the Founder of TheSharedWorld, a coalition-builder with 16+ years of experience bridging governments, businesses, and creative communities.

A Knight of the French National Order of Merit, she has shaped Atlanta’s international strategy and partnered with global organizations like the UN and The Carter Center. Vanessa blends empathy and strategy to design inclusive systems where culture, commerce, and community thrive together.

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CSO at Mazdi

Sebastian Gonzalez

Sebastian is a strategic thinker with a sharp analytical mindset and a strong focus on growth.

As CSO at Mazdi, he specializes in identifying opportunities, building lasting partnerships, and turning strategy into clear, scalable business outcomes.

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Founder at Mazdi

Mario Zuluaga

Mario is a purpose-driven entrepreneur with a passion for building long-term value.

As the founder of Mazdi, he leads with clarity and determination, blending strategy and creativity to help brands grow with intention and direction.

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Get Ready With Us

Market Research

We conduct research to understand people within their cultural, social, and behavioral contexts. Our approach goes beyond data points to uncover motivations, expectations, and barriers that shape real decision-making.

Insights are translated into clarity—helping organizations move forward grounded in evidence, nuance, and understanding.

Storytelling & Experiences

We turn insight into stories and events shaped by the voices and lived experiences of real communities.

Grounded in culture and context, our storytelling honors authenticity and elevates perspectives that are often overlooked. Whether crafting narratives or curating events, we use storytelling to build connection, belonging, and trust

Strategic Consulting

We provide strategic support when teams need clarity, focus, and a path forward. We help partners make sense of challenges, align priorities, and identify opportunities grounded in research, culture, and community voice.

Working collaboratively—not prescriptively—we co-design strategies, partnerships, and next steps that move organizations from vision to execution with confidence and intention.