2015
Hispanic Women of Distinction
Accepting Applications Now
2014 HISPANIC WOMEN of DISTINCTION:
MARIA MERCEDES BECERRA – President, Fundacion Entre Nosotros, Miami, Florida.
DIANA BROOKS – Managing Partner, VSBrooks Advertising, Coral Gables, Florida
ANA M. CEDENO – Chief Executive Officer Big Brothers Big Sisters, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
LOURDES MARTINEZ COWGILL, PhD – Sr. Dir. of College Counseling, International College Counselors, Ft Laud.
GLORIA M. GARCES – Co-owner, Eventers LLC & Director of Community& Public Affairs MIRA TV.
MARIA HERNANDEZ – Chief Innovation Officer-Latin America IBM Corp; Boca Raton, Florida
ANELE RAMIA MANFREDINI, M.D.- Physican, Women’s Health, Holy Cross Hospital – Fort Lauderdale
ANA MURILLO – Deputy Sergeant, Broward Sheriff’s Office – Sunrise, Florida
SANDRA MUVDI – President, Founder Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
ANA MARIA PUGA, M.D. – Medical Director, Comprehensive Family AIDS Program, Broward Health Children’s Diagnostic Center – Fort Lauderdale, Florida
MONICA RABASSA – V.P. Marketing, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Univision Radio – Miami
REV. DR. ELIZABETH D. RIOS – Executive Pastor-Save the Nations Church & Founder, Center for Emerging Femaile Leadership/Latinas of Legacy - Miramar, Florida
LATINA PIONEER of the YEAR 2014
HELEN AGUIRRE FERRE – Award winning, bilingual journalist who maneuvers through various media platforms to deliver the news and analysis in print and broadcast media for more than 2 decades. She hosts a daily political talk show with Univision radio, is a political analyst for Univision Network, an English moderator for WPBPT2 public affairs and Opinion Page Editor for Diarios Las Americas newspaper. Helen is also the first woman to chair the Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College and serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges in the U.S.
Helen joins former Latina Pioneers – Columba Bush, Maria San Juan, Caridad Asensio, Joyce Kaufman, Aida Levitan and Maria Elena Torano.
