JANERA.com, The Voice of Global Nomads, is a new online publication and social network for and by a vibrant community of Global Nomads. We link you across streets and oceans, creating a virtual—and actual—community of like-minded individuals.

Through our salons held in cities around the world, our Web site and our weekly newsletters, we take international affairs out of the academic and activist circles and bring global topics to a diverse, savvy and influential urban audience. By generating deeper understanding through these encounters— both online and in-person—we strive to be a catalyst for change throughout the world.

Janera Soerel is the Founder and Publisher of JANERA.com. Born and raised on Curaçao by Surinamese parents, Janera started college at Georgetown University in Washington DC and finished her undergraduate degree at the London School of Economics. She then obtained a Masters in Monetary Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Economics degree in hand, Janera worked in investment banking on cross-border corporate finance deals in Italy and The Netherlands. Realizing that finance was not her life’s work, Janera enrolled at Columbia University, graduating with a dual MBA/MIA degree in business and international affairs. She subsequently spent time at a communications and branding firm in New York, where she learned about the power of the Web, images, and design.

Piles of unread issues of The Economist triggered an idea to create an attractive multimedia, content-driven global community Web site with a unique perspective on global politics and culture, for the mix of urban, educated, global gamechangers. She launched JANERA.com in 2007.  

Janera—a resident of New York City—is fluent in five languages, and had lived in Curaçao, Washington DC, London, Rotterdam, Santiago de Chile, Amsterdam, and Milan.

 

Meet the JANERA.COM team