Their beginnings are different, but Nelson Barragán and Jeltsin Obregón share the same conviction: that offering and serving, rather than waiting to receive, consistently produces better results, especially when it comes to the role of new generations in shaping Puerto Rico’s future.
In next Tuesday’s episode of El Blueprint, the two young entrepreneurs sat down with Alberto Bacó Bagué to reflect on how they were raised and the similarities in their roots. Barragán, from Colombia, and Obregón, from Nicaragua, each carried life experiences that sparked a shared interest in making a positive impact on the island.
Barragán, founder of Intuitivo LLC, grew up between Trujillo Alto and Río Piedras, in a family that taught him the value of hard work and self-improvement. When his father arrived in Puerto Rico from Colombia at 15, he was fleeing the violence of the guerrilla conflict in the 1980s, a family history that gave him a particular perspective. After gaining experience in the public sector, he launched a financial venture, a field that Bacó says usually takes far longer to master.
