The story of Romina Oviedo Pérez combines art, study, migration, reinvention and a permanent search for personal and professional growth.
At 48 years old, mother of three children, Romina knew how to build an outstanding career as a professional violist. He joined important orchestras, including the Teatro Colón, made international tours and shared the stage with world-renowned figures such as Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Martha Argerich. However, in 2023 he decided put a pause on that artistic stage to emigrate with his family to the United States and bet on a new facet linked to the accounting, legal and business world.
Romina’s story begins in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito. She was born on December 9, 1977, a few steps from Parque Rivadavia, and from a very young age she showed a strong inclination for studying and music. While he was in high school at the “Juan Ramón Fernández” Institute of Higher Education in Living Languages, he also studied piano and viola at the National Conservatory.
“I fell in love with the viola right away,” he recalls. At the age of 20 he had already graduated as an instrumentalist and shortly after he entered the Chamber Orchestra of the National Congress through an open and public competition, where he was viola soloist for more than twelve years.
Her talent quickly took her to first-class stages. He was part of the Academic Youth Orchestra of the Teatro Colón between 1999 and 2000, an experience that included a European tour of London and Germany. Later he joined the Stable Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, where he participated in numerous national and international tours and had the opportunity to play alongside some of the greatest figures of world classical music.
Music also opened other doors for him. Thanks to national scholarships from the Antorchas Foundation and international scholarships granted by the Italian government, he lived for a year in Italy and even played for Pope Benedict XVI in the Nervi Hall of the Vatican.
But while she was developing her artistic career, Romina was simultaneously building another equally demanding path. He decided to study simultaneously Public Accountant and Lawyer at UADE. He later completed a postgraduate degree at the University of Buenos Aires and continued specializing in business administration and US taxes.
“I was always too studious or swallow,” she admits with a laugh.
For years he managed to balance both worlds: the stage and his professional life. But something began to change. According to him, an inner voice told him that his place was far from Buenos Aires.
In 2023 he made a radical decision: She sold the car, packed her suitcases and emigrated with her husband Alejandro and their three children to the United States.. The family settled in the Orlando, Florida area, knowing absolutely no one.
“We only had the five of us and that made us grow a lot as a family,” he says.
The viola did not travel in the suitcases. The instrument was kept in Argentina, also marking the symbolic closure of a professional stage completely linked to music.
«Since I left the country I haven’t played professionally or as an amateur again. I would like to do it again, but only for pleasure,» he admits wistfully.
Away from the stage, Romina decided to focus completely on a new challenge: create your own company dedicated to tax and accounting advice in the United States.
This is how OPC TAXES was born, a firm specialized in tax and administrative solutions for people and companies, especially aimed at Argentines and Latin Americans interested in investing or settling in the United States.
The beginnings were not easy. «It took a lot to get started. In the United States, credit and trust are built over time. They asked us for exorbitant amounts to rent an office and up to an entire year in advance,» he recalls.
With effort and constant training he managed to position himself within a highly competitive market. He currently advises entrepreneurs, software developers, independent professionals and managers of multinational companies.
“The key is to continue studying and constantly updating yourself to be able to provide a better service,” he maintains.
That professional journey recently had new recognition: the incorporation of Romina to the American Bar Association, one of the most important legal institutions in the United States. In addition, he was already a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
He is also currently pursuing a master’s degree in Law at the University of Dayton.
Restless and multifaceted, Romina has just added another project to her professional career: the publication of her first book, Your company in the USA, a manual for the foreign entrepreneur.
The work works as a practical guide intended for freelancers, entrepreneurs, e-commerce owners, digital nomads and entrepreneurs who want to operate within the US market without needing to reside there.
«The American market is not complicated. It is logical. When you know the rules, everything becomes predictable,» explains the author.
The first edition is now available on Amazon and will soon arrive in physical bookstores.
Although today his present involves balance sheets, tax structures and business strategies, music continues to occupy a very strong emotional place in his life. That viola that was stored in Argentina still represents an essential part of its history.
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