Why Stanton DeFreitas Believes Every Person Is a World Citizen
One idea sits at the very center of everything Stanton DeFreitas does and says: no one belongs to just one place. Every human being, in his view, is ultimately a citizen of the world — and the sooner we all embrace that identity, the better off humanity will be. This isn't a platitude for DeFreitas. It's a conviction rooted in his own biography. Born and raised in Scarborough, Toronto, as a Canadian with Caribbean heritage, he experienced what it means to belong to more than one cultural tradition simultaneously. Rather than causing confusion, that dual identity expanded his perspective in ways he considers among the greatest gifts of his life. His career as an international business consultant reinforced this conviction at every turn. Traveling the world, negotiating across cultures, and building lasting professional relationships with people from radically different backgrounds, DeFreitas found that the key to success was never purely technical expertise. It was the ab...