Where would you be if you’d let yourself try?

From Uruguay to the Ivy League, blind.

Keynotes. Student programs. Guide-dog access consulting.

Book Milagros

Milagros Costabel speaking at Harvard Kennedy School with her guide dog Indio lying beside the podium

As Featured In

They said a blind girl from Uruguay couldn’t—

Learn English. Study abroad. Get into Harvard. Work as a journalist. Travel the world with a guide dog.

Every one of those was a no before it was anything else. I went looking for the yes — and I haven’t stopped. I do it every day, in every country, on every stage, in every door that opens for the first time. And I think you should too.

Read my full story
→

Milagros Costabel with her guide dog Indio in front of Adams House at Harvard University

Navigating Without a Playbook

When the path isn’t clear and the old rules don’t apply, I teach teams how to build their own. For organizations facing disruption, uncertainty, or “impossible” problems.

Keynotes & Workshops

Own What Makes You Different

I don’t teach students to fit the mold, I show them how to break it. Talks and workshops on turning your story into your edge, from scholarship essays to finding your voice.

Student Programs

Guide Dog Access, Worldwide

When people talk about accessible travel, they usually mean wheelchair access. I also mean the guide dog teams still turned away from hotels, museums, and restaurants. I help destinations actually include us.

Tourism Consulting

Milagros Costabel standing with her guide dog Indio in front of the Egyptian pyramids at night

30 countries. One guide dog.

Meet Indio. He is the reason I can move through the world the way I do. He has given me a freedom I never had before, but he won’t be working forever.

Before he retires, I want to take him to 30 countries. We’ve already been to 19. We became the first guide dog team to work legally in Egypt.

Every door we open remains open for the teams that will come after us, and I work with tourism offices, hotels, and disability organizations to make this shift possible. Are you in?

Bring this to your city

Let’s talk →

You already have the no. Let’s go looking for the yes.

Let’s find it together