Hosted on Saturday, March 14, “The Inspiring & Game-Changing Afro-Latina” at SXSW 2015 will discuss race/ethnicity, identity and the Afro-Latina presence, both on and offline, with presenters Omilani, Rebecca Dailey-Wooley, Paulina Artieda and Lizette Williams.
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Moderated by author and well-known Afro-Latino blogger Anthony Otero, the ‘Branding and the Millennial Woman’ panel featured millennial power women Emmelie De La Cruz, founder of The Branding Muse; Jessica Santana, founder and CEO of World Wide Boss and co-founder of Brooklyn On Tech; Macia Batista, co-founder of Be Moxie; and our very own Janel Martinez, founder of Ain’t I Latina?
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Ain’t I Latina? is featuring millennial video blogger Dania Cristobal as our Everyday Chica. La guatemalan spoke with Ain’t I Latina? about launching her vlog, She Souled Out, identifying as Afro-Latina and why her mom’s her biggest inspiration.
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New York City-based millennial entrepreneur and dominicana Giselle Martinez talks turning her passion for baking into a business, identifying as Latina and why her mom’s her biggest inspiration.
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This week, we’re featuring radio show host, trainer, doula and Prom King founder Evelyn Alvarez as our Everyday Chica. The working mother spoke with Ain’t I Latina? about why she founded Prom King, creating a career that fulfilled her and why Celia Cruz is the business.
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This week, Ain’t I Latina? is featuring fashion designer Brittny Wood. As the daughter of well-known designer Guy Wood, the Puerto Rican, Black, Belizean and Honduran mamá naturally fell into fashion. From working alongside her father to starting her own women’s wear brand, Valencia Atelier, alongside fellow Latina, Vanessa Posso, Wood shares her fashion industry insights and how she balances motherhood and career.
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This week, Ain’t I Latina? featuring the CEO of Cheeky Chick Concepts, LLC and Executive Director of its subsidiary, bluGarden Events, Karina Garden Jimenez. La dominicana shares her career insights and path to embracing her Afro-Latino identity.
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Ain’t I Latina?’s Everyday Chica series highlights millennial Latinas that are blazing a trail in their respective industries, leading by example for future generations of Latinas. This week, we’re featuring Puertorriqueña Marie Nubia-Feliciano. She shares her passion for Afro-Latino identity within education.
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Ain’t I Latina? features Brooklyn-born model and actress-turned-entrepreneur Rosemarie Reyes. Reyes shares how she went from modeling alongside Jay Z, 50 Cent and Aventura, among others, to owning her own public relations firm, Handz Dirty Public Relations.