Luis Miranda - President & CEO
Extensive business experience in International Marketing, International Sales, International Project Management & Business Development throughout Mexico, Latin America & The Caribbean.
Luis has worked for several Resort Style Real Estate Developments, hotels, and for a diverse Service providers from Latin America, helping them to reach and engage Americans and Canadians.
Luis a great experience helping multinational Companies with their expansion and growth strategy in Mexico and in Latin America.
Luis has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico and also a Master’s of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
President & CEO of Boomers Abroad Online Community & Social Network
President & CEO of International Marketing & Real Estate Services
Member of the Advisory Board of Navigate Boomer Media - The Media Network for Baby Boomers
President of the Mexico Chapter at The 46-64 Boomer [Initiative]
Columnist and contributor at Best Boomer Towns , at Baby Boomer Knowledge Center, at Silver Planet,
and at Ventana Magazine
Founder member at Boomer Authority
Luis Miranda profile can also be seen in
Mick Winter - Original Founder
The idea for Boomers Abroad actually came from my wife. I had been researching, and visiting, a number of places that we might move to, looking for that “perfect” spot. It wasn't so much that we wanted to escape from anything but rather escape “to”. We were looking for a place that was less expensive than where we lived in California, that offered good weather (we were spoiled) and an excellent quality of life, a place of beauty, preferably on the ocean, and friendly inhabitants. We wanted to live in a community with a mix of people, locals as well as others, so we looked for a place that had at least some expatriates, preferably from throughout the world, not just Canada and the United States. Oh, and it also had to have lots of nearby healthy food, plenty of water and, of course, a fast Internet connection.
My research first led me to Mexico, since that seemed the logical place to go. It was just over the border, it was inexpensive compared to the United States, it had sunny towns along warm beaches, historic colonial towns in the mountains, and a friendly population with a fascinating culture. It also had U.S. and Canadian expat colonies in many areas throughout the country.
But wait. Costa Rica was apparently the hot place to go. It was peaceful (no army and a former president who'd won the Nobel Peace prize), had lots of beaches, and also welcomed people who wished to come to live. So I researched Costa Rica in depth.
But then I started hearing about the lures of Panama and its attractive tax breaks and discounts for retirees. The U.S. Dollar was the standard currency, and many people spoke English since the Americans had occupied the Canal Zone for more than 75 years. And, yes, it had sunny towns alongside warm beaches. Beautiful mountain areas, too.
But wait. Nicaragua was cheaper. It must be the place. It has lovely people—it's even called the “Land of Poets”—and, yes, great beaches. The civil war financed by the Americans was long over, and Americans—and of course Canadians—were welcome to come live, work and retire in Nicaragua. So I researched Nicaragua.
But then friends bought a home in Uruguay, partially because the small town where their home is located reminded the wife of California beach towns in the 50s. Now that sounded intriguing. So I researched Uruguay, and found a part of Latin America with a very definite European culture—as have some of its neighboring countries.
By this point my wife Kathryn pointed out that I'd spent an awful lot of time researching a place to move to. I agreed. Probably even more time than she realized. She then said, “Why don't you save a lot of people a lot of time and put all the information you've gathered on the Web?”
Thus was born Boomers Abroad. We hope you find it helpful.
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