About us

The Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano once said: "After all, it's about the world. And the world is made of atoms, but it's also made of stories." Since the beginning of humanity we have been living in a world built of stories. We share, create and invent them, and share them again. Just like the world, human beings are made of atoms, but we are also stories. They help us grow, they inspire and engage us, and carry us in their footsteps.

But this diversity of stories might disappear if they are not told and shared. Letting them drown into anonimity means they will be overshadowed by the stories of those who are bigger and have more power. That is the reason why Uptold was born - to tell all the human stories possible. Throughout the world, there are so many different feelings, moments, visions and dreams growing and flourishing, no matter if they are born in a forsaken place in South America, in the heart of London or on the borders of China. But deep down, they all teach us the most valuable lesson: they are human stories. In the end, it doesn't matter where they come from, they always show us that we, human beings are much more similar to each other than we imagine and that we have so much more in common than we have been made to believe.

Uptold hopes to strengthen this connection between us, to unite people through stories, and to be a bridge that takes us to other places and other lives. It will put different human voices in the Internet universe, to keep them from getting lost. This way, they can be shared, giving inspiration, creating emotions and connecting.

Uptold has four categories:

—Feelings: tells the story of one feeling that has made a difference to someone's life or a moment in their life. This is the category with the shortest, but perhaps the most powerful stories. Through these stories we can discover how our own feelings can be found in any person around the world, despite their nationality.

—Moments: is about a life-changing moment in the past or an important moment someone is going through in the present. These stories, neither short nor long, sumerge us into adventures we never expected to hear about. On one or two pages, you can follow the undreamed moments that did become reality.

—Incredible stories: is for sharing stories of a whole lifetime. These longer stories will take you on an amazing human voyage from its beginning to its end. This category is meant for telling extraordinary stories, so each one of them can take up as much space as needed, without any limits.

—Love without borders: tells the stories of international couples. It's a special category that wants to show us how love is capable of uniting what distance and borders separate.

Uptold has two versions, in Spanish and in English. Its funding relies entirely on the readers, who can donate in different ways: via Paypal (you don't need an Paypal account for this), Flattr (a site for social microdonations) and Patreon (a site to collaborate with a project on a regular basis).

You can also find us in three social networks: Facebook, Twitter, and you can contact us via e-mail.

All the work, from the foundations up to this moment, has been and is carried out by tone person:

Daniel Ubillus, who is in charge of finding and writing the stories, updating our social network pages, maintaining the web, promotion and translations. Evrything from the very begining until now.
Daniel was born in Peru and studied Journalism in Malaga, Spain. Since his childhood, he has been interested in Humanities. As time passed, he realized that his biggest passion is writing. His second greatest enjoyment in life is travelling, meeting new people and getting to know other cultures. After finishing his studies, he wanted to create something that would combine his profession with his interests. He first had the idea during his second year of university, and after some failed attempts, Uptold was born.