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title: "Sherpa in Focus: Laura Vielzeuf – Head of Operations"
description: Where did you grow up? In a wonderful city located in the middle of nowhere in France called Clermont-Ferrand, it’s home to the Michelin company. Awesome. I consider myself to be more so a product of the Cevennes region which is where my family comes from (a beautiful mountainous area in the south of France) […]
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# [Sherpa in Focus: Laura Vielzeuf – Head of Operations](https://blog.sherpa.net.au/sherpa-in-focus-laura-vielzeuf-head-of-operations/)

 Written by [Admin](https://blog.sherpa.net.au/author/admin) | Apr 21, 2016 11:13:36 PM

**Where did you grow up?**

In a wonderful city located in the middle of nowhere in France called Clermont-Ferrand, it’s home to the Michelin company. Awesome. I consider myself to be more so a product of the Cevennes region which is where my family comes from (a beautiful mountainous area in the south of France)

**Why are you at Sherpa?**

I wanted to experience the startup scene and test myself in that environment. Which I do, everyday.

**Can you play any instruments?**

I used to play the trumpet when I was 10. Then I went to a strict music school and lost all passion for it. I got an electric guitar when I was 16, with a dream to learn how to play Johnny B. Goode, I was never successful.

**What is the nerdiest thing you do in your spare time?**

I try to catch up on iconic/cult tv shows, at the moment I’m on a South Park binge.

**Do you have any strange phobias?  **

I used to be scared of sharks in swimming pools. Yeah.

**Choose a movie title for the story of your life.**

There Will Be Blood

**1 thing on your bucket list?**

Iceland or marrying the Scottish guy from the show ‘Outlander’.

**If you could have any one superpower, which would you choose?**

I wish on a daily basis I could stop time (usually due to lack of sleep), only problem is I would overuse it and would end up looking 100 at 40. So, teleportation.

**What makes you feel alive?**

Really good music, like

  

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