Bonita Productions | Podcast

Patricia Romero…. Entrepreneur, MedNatura’s Founder and President. Now at Vidamor center with a great mission to help maintain and recover the health of patients through holistic naturopathic therapies. Creating awareness to encourage people to a natural lifestyle.

MedNatura @ Vidamor Center is located at 107 Reed Rd, Boerne, TX 78006.

Marco Buenrostro is the owner of MBP Photo Booth, San Antonio’s premier photo booth rental company. He has been involved with hundreds of events and is considered a leading figure in the growing photo booth industry. His company is responsible for helping capture memories at some of the most incredible weddings and Social Events in central Texas.

Peter began his journey into the world of business at the age of 16 when he established his very first business. From there, he dabbled in the worlds of technology, health, nutrition, and business. He has been with Boss Creative for more than 13 years and has experience with businesses of all sizes from mom and pop to multi-billion dollar companies. Above all his greatest accomplishments are his marriage to his wife, Dr. Ami Beshay, and their five beautiful children. Without them, he would not be where he is today.

Peter is versed in many fields. He is fluent in French, English, and Egyptian Arabic. Peter has an extensive knowledge of various industries including high technology, software development, and anything business related. He has outstanding business developmental abilities, an adept creative mind, excellent written and communication skills, and deeply rooted personal integrity, loyalty, and a highly goal-oriented mindset.

Peter started his first business at the age of 16. Since then, he has owned and run just under a dozen companies in the fields of technology, internet, and advertising. Peter has helped hundreds of companies and their business owners-- from start-ups to Fortune 500 corporations, achieve and exceed their own expectations. In 2018, Peter established a partnership with industry leader Seth Westphal. This partnership was instrumental in taking Boss Creative's brand and quality of work to the next level. Seth is a published photographer and writer and has worked with brands like Disney, Chase Bank, Goodyear, General Electric, and American Airlines.

Lorena Monroe founder and CEO of Bonita Productions, LLC. Her dream of being a producer came true in 2007 when she directed and starred in the show she created, “Bailando Por Passion”. Through this experience she learned the craft and discovered many beautiful talented people right in the heart of Texas and made many friends in the industry. Lorena continued to encourage people to make their dreams come true within the beauty and fashion industry through her company Bonita Natural. She has seen great success in her many endeavors throughout her life, but one thing she's always been passionate about was helping others!

Now, because of her ability to lead others in business and find great talent she is launching a podcast with SA Monthly Magazine to interview the amazing people who are featured in the magazine. People who are entrepreneurs in multiple industries will be sharing their stories with the world. We hope their stories will inspire you to make a positive change in your life! 

If you would like to be included in this podcast series contact us today and we will get you booked. We want to hear your story! 

Jackleen Rios began her dance career at the age of four, learning traditional ballet technique from a well known dance studio in San Antonio called the Vladimir Marek Ballet Studio. She continued dancing throughout her adolescence growing in the art of dance learning other genres such as jazz, hip hop, and modern. She continued with her dance career by attending the University of North Texas in Denton Tx, where she graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Dance Cume Laude. After receiving her BA in dance, she completed her Dance Certification for 8-12th grade to begin her journey in dance education. In 2015, Jackleen graduated from The University of Texas San Antonio with a Master of Science in Health and Kinesiology.

She also taught for the Parks and Recreation of San Antonio, displaying her choreography on the San Antonio’s famous Arneson theater and has been recognized for outstanding choreography. In 2010, she became the Dance Director for San Antonio Independent School District’s Young Women’s Leadership Academy. Jackleen started the dance program at YWLA. Some of her students started with little or no experience, and have become elite dancers, who have branched out into the dance world to be successful individuals. Her students have been in numerous opportunities throughout San Antonio, such as appearing on television (Dance SA), hip hop organizations (Hype, Unified Soul), local music videos, and dancers for local singing artists.

The program has also participated in local events including the Battle of Flowers parade in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016. In 2015, The Young Women’s Leadership Academy was asked to perform for the Department of Education in Fine Arts in Washington D.C. Jackleen’s choreography was recognized by the Department of Education in Fine Arts’ as one of the best programs in San Antonio. Jackleen is also a member of The Texas Dance Educators Association and The Center for Education in Developing Fine Arts since 2010.

With more than 12 years of professional experience to her credit, Ms. Rios has excelled as a director and the owner of the Jewel of Art Dance Studio since 2016.

Christine's role at Reckon Point consists of leading business development activities, projects coordination and ensuring client satisfaction. Her previous experience encompasses similar roles at successful startup companies in San Antonio, TX. When you reach out to Reckon Point, she will most likely be your first point of contact.

Sarah Lucero’s biggest passion is to make her community a better place. As a television journalist for 26 years, she helped provide a voice for those who did not have a voice and acted as a catalyst for positive change in her community.
Today, Sarah embraces a new challenge: to motivate others to reach their fitness goals and become the healthiest possible version of themselves.
She has a love for endurance sports, nutrition and weight lifting. She’s competed in an Ironman race in Cozumel, the Boston Marathon 4 times, and earned her pro status as a natural fitness competitor.
Today, she promotes fitness events and causes she believes in with her company, Spotlight Multimedia, as well as her live-stream shows and podcasts both titled, The Spotlight with Sarah. Check it out on YouTube under The Spotlight with Sarah or at her Facebook page: @TheSarahLucero.

Adelso's is a love story. It all started out of one man's kitchen inspired by the love for his wife. Adelso wanted to make a little more money for his 25th marriage anniversary. He worked odd hours and had a schedule that made it hard to keep a second job. With limited resources and one creative idea, he decided to use a $20 bill to bake a Tres Leches cake his family and friends often enjoyed at his dinner table in order to raise money for his gift. He took his first dessert out of his home-kitchen-oven and into a local restaurant to have the owner, staff, and customers try out his creation. After that night, the restaurant owner decided to place more orders from Adelso. Adelso’s Creations Bakery started from humble beginnings, with love, a dream, one man’s ingenuity, perseverance, and dedication to his wife. Today, Adelso serves over 100 restaurants in the San Antonio area and his business is booming! The unique pallet of Texas and the creative thinking of Adelso, who reinvented the traditional Tres Leches to include lovely flavor combinations like cherry-vanilla and pineapple-passion, has transformed Adelso's from a small entrepreneurial venture to a high-volume bakery. Flavor infusions that are reminiscent of desserts made by pastry chefs at five-star-restaurants are available at Adelso’s Creations wholesale to the San Antonio and South Texas restaurant-market. It's no wonder the one-of-a-kind desserts have found their way into the City’s most popular Mexican eateries.

Yvette Robinson is the President and co-owner of Robinson General Contractors, Inc., a company she established alongside husband, Kurt Robinson, in June of 2010. Yvette’s diverse construction background sprouted as a little girl helping her father on weekends and after school at the family business, Paisano Home Builders, a residential construction company. There she grew from helping clean up jobsites after school to the company’s marketing director and sales coordinator after graduation. Yvette has extended Robinson General Contractors area of service beyond San Antonio with successfully completing several ground up and remodel projects in all areas of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma market. She has also expanded Robinson General Contractor’s customer base to include several large retail companies as well as local, state and federal government departments. She has gained 6 certifications for Robinson General Contractors with SCTRCA including, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Emerging Small Business Enterprise (ESBE), Hispanic American Business Enterprise (HABE), and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) as well as certified with the State of Texas as Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and in May of 2016 she obtained SBA 8(a) Certification. 

Bella Cruz, is Founder and CEO of Bella Cruz Consulting Group. She is an Amazon No 1 international bestselling author, award-winning leadership consultant, global keynote speaker, enterprise executive coach and has a master’s degree.  With over 20 years’ experience, Bella ignites performance breakthroughs, creates growth strategies, develops successful leaders and inspires employees at all levels. Bella’s high energy, storytelling and real-life organizational scenarios encourage and foster engagement at conferences and corporate forums.

Published on: February 05, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Celeste Brown is a native San Antonio, who has deep roots in Bexar County. Her family heritage dates back to the Canary Islanders, who were its first settlers. Today, she is raising three teenagers, as a single mom to continue her family history.
Celeste graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law and was accepted into the State Bar as a practicing attorney. She minored in business from South West Texas State University. Now Celeste has over 25 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney and most recently, served as a County Court Judge with a specialty Drug Court. Today she is looking for your vote! Celeste Brown For Commissioner PRECINCT 3

James S. Castro, LPC, LMFT

James graduated with his Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from St. Mary’s University and has since become a leader in Texas promoting children and family’s well-being. He currently is the Director for Renewing Family Strengths behavioral health division and is the Co-Founder with his wife, and CEO for a new company called The Divine Mind, LLC. He is the former CEO for St. Peter-St. Joseph Children's Home (St. PJ’s) in San Antonio. Recently he joined his local fire department as a community volunteer. In 2015 he participated in the San Antonio FBI Citizens Academy for his work in Child Welfare and in March 2017 was appointed by Governor Abbott to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department’s Board of Governors. With this podcast interview you will get to know Mr. James Castro.  

Luc Vors is an award-winning author, publisher and creative consultant from Dallas, Texas. Luc is formally educated in psychology, visual art, biology, and music, and he holds a master’s degree in clinical and industrial/organizational psychology. His research includes studies on creativity, free will, and consciousness, and he lists his experiment on the neurological limits placed on human choice as his greatest scientific contribution.

Luc has been featured in interviews with Roadie Notes, Gothic Bite Magazine, Zombiepalooza Live, San Antonio Monthly and Lorena Monroe. He is currently completing a set of seven stand-alone novels, each of which portrays four, specific inquiries into the human condition. Where Sleeping Dogs Lie is the first of these books.

Celeste Brown is a native San Antonio, who has deep roots in Bexar County. Her family heritage dates back to the Canary Islanders, who were its first settlers. Today, she is raising three teenagers, as a single mom to continue her family history.
Celeste graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law and was accepted into the State Bar as a practicing attorney. She minored in business from South West Texas State University. Now Celeste has over 25 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney and most recently, served as a County Court Judge with a specialty Drug Court. Today she is looking for your vote! Celeste Brown For Commissioner PRECINCT 3 

Our life is so temporary we never know when God calls on us, so I say give it your all on this earth ....we are here in this world with a purpose, that is to help each other with love and compassion. This was taught to me from my beautiful daughter Michelle who pass away too young. Her love for other was like no other.

My purpose now is to continue keeping my daughters memory alive, by having a film festival. 'My Love Michelle short film festival'  this will be our 5th year. Films from all over the world submit.

My work as a filmmaker I get to explore the many stories that comes to my desk, and sometimes I will produce their films and make it happen.. Love to see their eyes widen when they see their film on a big screen or won competition in our festivals.

My first show Bailando almost 25 yrs ago with Franco Iglesias went on air with Univision for 3yrs. I created and produce with Match Frame production. I have  three reality shows on the table partner with Bodega Pictures in LA. I produced many short films for others and mine. Now I'm working on a feature film 'The Innocent'. My new love is Woman !Ay Chihuahuas! Magazine . I feature stories and advertise successful businesses across Mexico, Texas  and the rest to U.S. I'm so proud of this gorgeous magazine.

This is my purpose as a  woman filmmaker, to bring attention 'how women are strong writers, storytellers We need to make that change. We want to give women in Texas this opportunity because we know their are many creative women who dream of this .  All my films, scripts, reality shows and my magazine has to have a meaning a message ... a Purpose!

I thank God and my husband Dr. Rodela, my family who has always supported my projects and believe in me through out the years.

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S.A. Monthly Senior Editor Zita-Barbara discusses writing her debut novel "Hands" with Bonita Natural's podcast. What inspired her to write a book? What is her first book about? What was her creative process like? Will she write another book? Have you ever desired to write a book? Find out how to join the SA Monthly Writers and Book Club in this episode.

Jo Ann is proud to be a part of the first Elite Plasma Pen Technicians that were trained in the United States, January 2019. She is the first Elite Plasma Pen Technician for the State of Texas and the premier Technician for San Antonio.
Her specialized training has given her the advantage in both Aesthetic and Esthetic industry. F.A.C.E. Alternatives was opened in April 2019. Jo Ann is bringing alternatives to all the classic facial enhancements (RF, Botox, Laser, and Dermal Fillers).
She is a pioneer in Esthetics and offers exclusive services. Jo Ann’s alternatives are all innovative and exclusive to F.A.C.E.Alternatives. Jo Ann will open and Advanced Esthetic Academy in the near future.

Jo Ann Cilona was educated and trained in Italy, where she lived for the past 25 years. She is specialized in non-surgical and noninvasive Aesthetics procedures. Jo Ann’s training is European with an influence on Korean esthetics.

Since transitioning to the United States 4 years ago Jo Ann has furthered her education. She a National Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, Board Certified in Aesthetics through AAOPM (American Academy of Procedural Medicine) and holds 8 Aesthetic Certifications (Advanced Botox and Dermal Filler injector, PRP, Mesotherapy, etc.) She is also certified in The Korean Esthetic sector.

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Perla Lujan es Mexicana, nacida y creada en Mexico, viviendo en USA desde el 2012, estudio una Licenciatura en Informática.

Perla Es conocida por la Marca Thrive un producto de Nutrición y bienestar que cambia la vida de muchas personas y así mismo ser empresaria independiente al mismo tiempo eso la ha llevado a involucrarse en grandes causas y eventos de Caridad para ayudar a más personas.

También ha dirigido concursos de Belleza y Modelaje por lo mismo se convirtió en Modelo y actualmente está compitiendo para la siguiente Miss JEtset Magazine 2020.

This is the introduction to our new series "Discovering Talent." We are excited to interview all of the Bonita Club members. We want to know about their talents and how those talents make a difference in the world. 

The bonita club is a network of influential entrepreneurs. By joining the club you will have access to: 

- Leadership development 

- Discussions of business ideas with bright minds

- An influential network of fellow entrepreneurs and dreamers

- Speaking functions and lectures (Coming soon) 

- An opportunity to be interviewed on the podcast