We’re looking forward to introducing you to Gastón Corbala. Check out our conversation below.
Gastón, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
I usually wake up at 5am everyday, first thing I do is, be grateful for the blessings in my life, followed by a Vitamin cocktail, glass of water, coffee and a slice of toast. Around 6:30am I check my emails and prepare for my morning routine; yoga practice, a weight workout or a hike.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Gastón Corbala, Concept developer, Father, Chef, Tech junky and founder of The Backpackster. My work lives where ideas and infrastructure meet, where imagination becomes a system. I started The Backpackster in 2022 from a simple question: what if advertising could walk and people could earn an income simply by doing so? What if advertising could be bridged from digital to physical?
Today, The Backpackster is a network of humans carrying digital screens through real streets, turning movement into media. It’s part street level storytelling, part data engine and part social experiment. We’re building a new layer of communication in cities, one that blends human presence, technology and behavioral insight into a single, living medium.
What makes it unique isn’t the screens. It’s the fact that we’re transforming something as ordinary as walking into a channel of income, information and connection. We’re reimagining outdoor media, not as a surface, but as a living network of people in motion.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: Who taught you the most about work?
That would have to be my Father who at a very early age taught me the path to Entrepreneurship. I come from a line of successful Entrepreneurs who shaped my every core, my Father has been my most influential Teacher.
I remember when I was 13 years old and I would tag along with my Dad to pick up goods in LA every other week, I would be loading and unloading trucks and sorting the merchandise by model and size. He would teach me how to sell and why commerce was one of the noblest paths to take as an Entrepreneur. He once said “Why chase a nugget of gold when you can work a whole field of grain”; this phrase changed my life forever. Now Im here and my Parents continue to be my biggest fans and supporters in my journey, with my children being my guides.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
That pain is physical and suffering is a mental choice.
The wisdom behind resilience and determination have been my biggest lesson in outweighing mistakes and failures.
Life is a process of becoming a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. Is the public version of you the real you?
Yes. What you see is what you get.
Transparency vanishes with expectations. We want, so we comply where we feel safe, to take.
I was born to give my life for those I love and Im in love with humanity and my path in life.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
There’s no greater story in life than that of a human whose determination and resilience are tested in the face of Faith.
Success is measured by the difference we make in the lives of others, not by impermanent things.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thebackpackster.com
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gastoncorbala/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U933Oi_Xc0Y
