America got to know Nick Verreos ten years ago in season two of the hit show Project Runway, the design competition hosted by German supermodel Heidi Klum. Verreos’s wit and insight made him a fan favorite, and he’s gone on to a successful career designing clothes, teaching fashion, and commenting on television.

For Greek surfer Leonidas Economides it all began in a pool in the seaside town of Vouliagmeni, where his mother took him for a swimming lesson at the age of 6. One day he told her that he was tired of counting the tiles at the bottom of the pool, and wanted to try something else: the sea.

After years of waiting, the Greek-American producer Laeta Kalogridis got her wish! The latest science fiction TV series “Altered Carbon” aired on Netflix last week, based on a 2002 novel with the same name

Alexia Tsotsis was editor of TechCrunch, one of the most popular tech blogs around the world, starting in 2010, a position which she decided to leave in 2015 to attend a graduate program at Stanford University.

Vlassis and Charley Parlapanides are the screenwriters behind the 2011 film "Immortals," which tells the story of a mortal hero who enlists the Gods for help against a vicious tyrant. Based loosely on several Greek myths, the film was directed by Tarsem Singh, who also made The Cell and The Fall.

Konstantin Kakanias is a draughtsman, painter, animator, sculptor, ceramicist, gardener, and all-around demiurge. His work has appeared in many gallery shows and international media, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and the The Observer.

Constantine A. Stratakis is the lead investigator at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Director of the Division of Genetics and Endocrinology (SEGEN) since its creation in 1999.

Chrysanthos “Chris” Dellarocas is professor of Information Systems and director of the Digital Learning Initiative at Boston University. His primary fields of study are online reputation, the disruptive effects of social media, and collective intelligence.

Alexandra spoke to the U.S. Embassy’s George Vorvolakos about the pleasures and challenges of her work. For us this is a special segment, as the Embassy has done several programs with career counseling center directors around Greece over the last two years.

On what it's like working for Twitter:
"It's a great work environment. You enjoy great freedom in what you want or do not want to do."