If you’d like to learn more about the people working backstage at Vortex Coworking, keep reading!
The team looking after our community and coworking spaces in Valencia
Cristina is the Founder and CEO of Vortex Coworking. She works behind the scenes with the team to transform the routine of going to work into a positive, inspiring, enriching and fun experience for the Vortex Community. When she’s not analysing ideas, proposals or reports with the team, Cristina checks every corner of the spaces, chats with members of the community, or gets carried away sketching and imagining the next Vortex.
In each workspace you’ll find at least one of her personal items — the surfboard at Vortex Playa or the piano at Vortex Centro. She is also the cornerstone of the Vortex Team: her energy, determination and passion inspire us every single day and motivate the team to bring out the best in everyone.
An Industrial Engineer by profession, before launching the Vortex coworking network Cristina worked in energy sector corporations and lived in several countries. Before leaving everything behind to return to Valencia and begin her entrepreneurial journey with Vortex, she spent a year exploring the coworking sector, travelling and experiencing life as a coworker in workspaces around the world.
And outside Vortex? Cristina has a soft spot for adventure, backpacking trips, sport — especially diving, surfing and mountain activities — pasta carbonara and eggs Benedict. Whenever someone in the community needs a recommendation, her foodie radar is our greatest ally in finding the best restaurants in Valencia.
Andrea is Head of Events and Workspace.
As Head of Events, Andrea creates, plans and energises the monthly calendar of activities — from professional workshops to sports sessions and social plans — with the aim of strengthening and consolidating the Vortex Community. She coordinates our monthly breakfasts, meetups, workshops and all sorts of gatherings.
Andrea also leads corporate events and is responsible for sourcing, analysing and closing strategic collaborations for Vortex — from suppliers for our Market Pop Ups, to additional services of interest to our community (accommodation, finance, etc.), to venues for our V Afterworks.
Anything else? Yes! Andrea is the creator of our Vortex Newsletter, where we share the hottest updates — from #madeinVortex news to the most interesting events happening in our beloved Valencia.
As Workspace Manager — currently at Vortex Centro — Andrea oversees the coworking space from onboarding and bookings to troubleshooting, contracts, invoicing and financial performance. She is also the host of the community and the main point of contact for members. She knows each and every one of them — and she’s the best at spotting potential synergies and perfect matches within the community.
And outside Vortex? Although sport isn’t exactly her thing, Andrea is always running a marathon — but only if it’s on Netflix, HBO or any platform that feeds her obsession with cinema. A lover of all things geeky and sweet — and especially the combination of both (mochi, anyone?) — she’ll never say no to an afternoon snack. She easily wins the award for the funniest and friendliest member of the team, and finds it nearly impossible to say no to a beer after work. Her signature end-of-day phrase? “Shall we grab a quick pint?” — which inevitably turns into an improvised afterwork.
Sandra is Head of Marketing and Workspace.
As Head of Marketing, Sandra develops the annual marketing strategy, prepares and analyses monthly performance reports, proposes and implements SEO and SEM strategies, and updates and maintains our website and blog, constantly identifying opportunities for improvement. She also leads our social media presence, planning and creating content for LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
As Workspace Manager — currently at Vortex Playa — Sandra oversees the space from onboarding and bookings to handling day-to-day issues, contracts, invoicing and financial performance. She is also the community host and key point of contact for members. She knows everyone and is brilliant at identifying synergies and potential matches.
And she is undoubtedly best friends with our VIP Guests — our beloved furry members — especially Coco and Choco.
And outside Vortex? As a true Valencian, Sandra is our Fallas ambassador within the community. She adores and spoils all our furry friends (the pets our members bring along), and she’s passionate about horses and Andalusia, where she plans getaways whenever she can. The most rational member of the team, she brings clarity and perspective — combined with excellent taste and creativity, which explains her talent for photography. The best shots on our social media? Almost certainly Sandra’s.
Our beloved Back-Up Team
Supporting the Vortex Team are some incredible people we affectionately call our Avatars. They are real people who collaborate with us for a limited period through internships, entrepreneur exchanges or “Collab” agreements.
They host the space in the team’s absence and contribute their professional skills to the business. If you’d like to learn more about the Collab initiative, visit our page “What does it mean to be a Vortex Collab?”.
Our DNA
Would you like to know the five facts that define us best?
#1 What does Vortex mean?
“Vortex” comes from Latin and means whirlpool — a point in space that generates movement around it, like the eye of a hurricane. That’s what we aim to be: the epicentre, the energy vortex of our community.
#2 What are we?
A community-focused network of coworking spaces in Valencia. Our mission is to transform the routine of going to work into a positive, inspiring, enriching and fun experience. We do this by creating an environment and atmosphere intentionally designed to make that happen.
Because we are more than coworking spaces — we are a community: people to connect, share and collaborate with. In our workspaces, members can meet like-minded professionals, expand their professional network and also build friendships.
#3 Why?
Because we understand first-hand the challenges faced by entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers and those arriving in a new city. From our own experience, we know that surrounding yourself with other professionals makes the journey easier and far more enjoyable.
#4 Our key milestones
In January 2018, we opened our doors in Valencia with our first coworking space in El Cabanyal, near the sea and the Marina: Vortex Playa.
Two years later, we opened our second space in Valencia’s commercial and financial centre: Vortex Centro.
The following year, we expanded our services through collaborations, including coliving.
And what’s next? Bigger dreams. Stay tuned.
#5 What makes us different?
Three things: the size of our workspaces, our premium locations and the distinctive design of each space.
Unlike large business centres with a more corporate atmosphere, each of our workspaces hosts between 50 and 100 professionals, creating a close, familiar environment where connections happen naturally and spontaneously.
And unlike very small shared offices without professional management behind them, we dedicate people and resources to managing the spaces and energising the community — so our members enjoy a professional service without worrying about what happens backstage.
We are spaces with soul.
10 Fun Facts about Vortex Coworking
• The portrait of Ada Lovelace (the world’s first programmer) in the Fijo Plus room at Vortex Playa was chosen through a community vote among six scientists (three men and three women), including Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Ada won by a landslide.
• The building where Vortex Centro is located was once home to composer Joaquín Rodrigo, author of the famous Concierto de Aranjuez and one of Spain’s greatest classical composers.
• The most surprising workshop we’ve hosted? A honey tasting organised by Untamed Honey (Isabel and Felix), siblings and long-standing members of Vortex Centro.
• Most unexpected nationality among our members: Kuwait (and female!).
• Most magical community event: Autumn Getaway 2020.
• Wildest night: our first anniversary in January 2019 — we partied until sunrise.
• Why do we have a piano and a surfboard at Vortex? Cristina didn’t have space for them at home before opening the workspace… and they never left.
• Cool client moment: Uber hired our coworking space for an international UberEats advert. Yes — we’re famous!
• Strangest request ever: booking a room for a night-time spirit mediation session (we politely declined — no licence for that!).
• We’ve been featured in national newspaper El País and on TVE’s programme Informe Semanal — and they contacted us directly. We were absolutely thrilled.
Now you know us a little better.
And we’d love to get to know you too — so come and meet us and join the most inspiring community in Valencia!