GLOBAL DREAM TEAM COLLECTIVE
A curated global collective for founders, creators, artists, innovators and builders creating things that matter — to themselves, to others, and beyond.
Built around meaningful relationships, new perspectives, and experiences around the world — while building lives fully their own.
BACKGROUNDS ACROSS THE GDT COMMUNITY
Founders, creators, artists and builders across technology, media, culture, research and entrepreneurship.
What Shaped
Us
Ambitious people are often shaped by environments that encourage us to dream bigger, work hard, and pursue meaningful goals.
The schools, companies, families, and communities around us can play a powerful role in shaping who we become and what we believe is possible.
But as we grow, our definition of success can evolve too. Creating space to reflect helps us distinguish between the paths we’ve inherited and the ones we genuinely want to choose for ourselves.
A Different
Way
Global Dream Team creates spaces to step outside the noise, gain perspective, and reconnect with what feels true.
Because clearer direction often begins with the right environment, the right relationships, and enough room to listen.
Ambitious. Curious. Intentional.
The GDT
Methodology
Inner work + outer strategy.
GDT combines inner clarity with grounded strategy inside intentionally designed environments, creating the conditions for better decisions, stronger direction, and meaningful growth.
Shaped by Research. Informed by the
World.
GDT’s philosophy and methodology has been shaped by research, storytelling, and lived experience across cultures and 40 countries.
From Norway to Bali, Vietnam to Sweden, each place offered a different lens on how people live, create, connect, and define a meaningful life and career.
One
Story
Documentary Producer · Creator · Social Strategist
One year into GDT, India reached another inflection point in her career.
She came into a session creatively blocked and pulled between client work, revenue pressure, competing opportunities, and what she actually wanted next.
In one session, she clarified what deserved her energy, surfaced a new creative direction, and began rethinking her business model around creative freedom and the life she wanted to build.
Since joining GDT, India has grown her audience from 1.8K to 30K+, generated 20M+ views across her content, built approximately $40K in independent creator revenue, landed paid partnerships and client work, and been featured across international media.
Her background spans documentary filmmaking, journalism, and production, with work for Sony, Time Inc., The Atlantic, Discovery, and VICE.
From creative paralysis → viral growth → designing the next chapter.
$80K
new business revenue generated by members within 1 year of joining GDT
Impact,
in numbers
16x
audience growth by members in under 1 year
20M+
views generated by members in under
1 year of GDT
15
founders, creators &
brand teams advised
Selected outcomes across GDT programs and Ysabel Chavez’s advisory work.
Selected
Partners
Next
Gathering
Global Dream Café (Vol.4)
Saturday, September 12 · 11 AM–2 PM
Venice, Los Angeles
A Saturday café gathering for founders, creators, artists, filmmakers, and builders. Coffee, music, conversation, and a room full of people making things happen.
Bring your laptop or something you’re building — or simply come meet the room.
Founder & Creator of
Global Dream Team
Ysabel Chavez is the founder of Global Dream Team. Her work sits at the intersection of storytelling, culture, community, strategy, and global experiences.
She studied International Development Studies and Entrepreneurship at UCLA, and has worked with Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and CAA. She was also the first hire at a mental health startup featured in Forbes and TechCrunch.
She has traveled to 40+ countries and shared more than 100 human stories across cultures and communities.
BASED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
What Our Members Are
Saying
“I feel so much clearer, more confident, and genuinely excited about my work. GDT gave me the perspective to see what mattered, make decisions faster, and move forward with intention.”
— Christine Gaudet, Data Engineer & Content Creator
“I finally stopped hiding and started creating as myself. The perspective I gained through GDT helped me trust my own voice, make bolder creative decisions, and grow my audience.”
— India Witkin, Cultural Storyteller & Content Creator
THE GDT
EXPERIENCE
Reconnect with what’s true.
Clarity & alignment
Intentional action
Turn insight into movement.
Expanded perspective
See beyond your usual frame.
Curated community
Connect with depth.
Space to feel alive
Make room for joy, curiosity, and adventure.
