Our Journey

Aurora Skills Ecosystem is a spin-off of research that began in 2018 at the University of Groningen, where Kelly Henao explored learning and skills as a systemic process—one that depends not only on knowledge, but on meaningful situations, context, and real interactions. This scentific work, together with years of applications in innovative learning environments and coaching people, showed that growth happens when individuals face real challenges and when their strengths—not their gaps—guide the way.

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In 2024, this vision converged with the experience of Leonardo Nieto and Angélica Echeverría. The three founders share a core belief: skills are assets, dynamic, valuable, and capable of expanding across every sector of the economy, particularly in emerging economies (e.g blue and green). Their combined backgrounds in research, open-source development, human-centred design, and early tech projects (Web3, blockchain, AI) shaped a clear purpose: technology should serve people by helping them understand, activate, and grow their skills.

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From this synergy, Aurora Skills Ecosystem was created to place people and their potential at the centre. Instead of focusing on what individuals lack, Aurora emphasises what people already have—their strengths, motivations, and the value they can generate. Our purpose is to help individuals connect their potential with their purpose and  learning opportunities, so that organisations, labour markets, and society can recognise—and use—their skills to meet real needs.

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Just as the colours of an aurora that combine in infinite ways, every person’s mix of skills is unique. These combinations carry their own power of transformation, mirroring Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn, who symbolises renewal and new beginnings. This is the essence of our mission: to reveal the unique blend of skills each person holds and to amplify the transformative potential they bring to the world.