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Alvina Alston founded More Media LLC on the foundation of many years of education and experience in journalism, entertainment, publicity and multimedia production. A graduate of the New York Institute of Technology with a BFA in Communications, Alvina landed her first job as a General Assignment Reporter for LI News Tonight. She then went on to work for Inside Edition, FOX News Network, Fox Business Network, WABC-TV/Eyewitness News, News 12 Connecticut, News 12 New Jersey, New Jersey's Channel 10 News, City News, CBS News, Channel 9 News – and international channels Arise, i24News and Cheddar. Continuously recognized as a “Leader in the Field of Communications”, the award-winning Journalist, Publicist and Brand Manager has a proven track record, delivering unmatched results! More Media LLC, is a full-service multimedia company based in the heart of New York City, with clients represented from a wealth of illustrious backgrounds, from Fashion Sports and Technology to Professional Athletes and Fortune 500 CEOs. With over two decades of experience in publicity, video production and broadcasting for dozens of TV networks, our team of industry leaders led by Alvina Alston is equipped with the know-how and connections necessary to take your media exposure to the NEXT LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Tracy Fanara is an engineer, research scientist, professor, and public speaker with a BS, ME, and PhD from the University of Florida. Tracy spent almost a decade designing water projects all over the world in addition to her work in research and development. While at UF, Tracy stormchased Florida weather events as part of her research in hydrologic restoration, she mentored and was the design engineer on 2 nationally winning EPA design competitions; was selected as a Presidential Management Fellow by the US Federal Government, and was a National Science Foundation SPICE fellow. Tracy now manages a research program at Mote Marine Laboratory where she designs and develops technology, tools and programs to protect wildlife and water quality. Her diverse program includes Florida red tide and harmful algae research, water treatment design, biofiltration, hydrologic modeling, and sustainable design. She is now working on designing an aquaponics system for space travel, and was on the development team for HABscope (a NASA funded, NOAA and GCOOS led, citizen science project for Florida red tide detection). At Mote, Tracy developed a website and three apps for publicly available environmental data reporting with over 1.5 million users. In 2018, Florida was under a state of emergency in response to an intense dual algal bloom, in which Tracy was called upon to speak on many media platforms as mass wildlife fatalities filled shorelines and economy, recreation, quality of life, and public health were threatened by dual harmful algal blooms. Tracy spends time outside of work on communicating science to the next generation. Tracy was featured in Marvel’s Unstoppable Wasp and co-created the comic book, Seekers of Science. You may have seen Tracy on Science Channel’s, “MythBusters: The Search” and “What on Earth”, Fox’s Awesome Planet, CBS’s Mission Unstoppable, Weather Channel’s “The Scariest Stuff on Earth” or ABC’s Animal Outtakes.

Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph “Out There” published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the USA Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories. In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World and in 2020 she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the people who gets to shape the art world.

She has worked on product collaborations with artists such as Kenny Scharf, Erik Parker, Katherine Bernhardt, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Nir Hod and many more. In 2016, Maria curated “Greek Gotham” presented at Dio Horia, Mykonos with the participation of sixteen New York-based artists including KAWS, Austin Lee, Nina Chanel Abney and Raul de Nieves. A full-color catalogue with an introduction by Jeffrey Deitch was written and designed by Maria to commemorate this exhibition. In 2019 she created and hosted "The "C" Files with Maria Brito", a TV and streaming series for PBS's new station "ALL ARTS". The same year she also curated two exhibitions: “The Thousand and One Nights,” the inaugural show of Artual Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon with seven American artists including Holly Coulis, Allison Zuckerman and Rosson Crow and "MUSE", Shona McAndrew's first New York City exhibition at CHART Gallery in Tribeca.

Maria and her projects have been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times Style Section, T: The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, W Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The Economist, Interview Magazine, VOGUE Italia, VOGUE Mexico, VOGUE Latin America, VOGUE Brazil, VOGUE China, VOGUE.com, ELLE Décor Spain, Departures, Forbes, Blouin ArtINFO, Hamptons Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Modern Luxury, Refinery29, goop, Billboard, Marie Claire Australia, Marie Claire Spain, Allure, The Coveteur, House Magazine, Lifestyle Mirror, House Beautiful, Buro 24/7, Latina, Modern Magazine, The Daily Beast, and more.

After a 15 year career in advertising, traveling the world entertaining and building brand relationships, Sarah found herself fed up with steak + martini dinners.

Having always been drawn towards wellness and nutrition, in 2012 Sarah pursued her degree as a Holistic Nutritionist from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world's largest nutrition school, and had the opportunity to learn from some of the most prominent and progressive leaders in the health world.

Sarah now spends her time creating customized nutritional plans + helping clients implement structure around how they live their most well life.

Additionally, she works with a team of private chefs to fully support her clients’ lifestyles.

She feels particularly passionate about helping busy corporate executives maintain their wellness regimens on the road, in flight, and throughout different time zones - and works with hotels all over the world to support her clients' nutrition + wellness needs during their travels.

Stacey Schieffelin, Ford model and makeup guru, successful entrepreneur and true believer in empowering women to live the life they dream, is as approachable as the girl next door. Stacey shares her knowledge about how to look and feel your beYOUtiful best every day. For Stacey, putting your best and fabYOUlous face forward is a sign of self-respect, not vanity. She believes every woman deserves to have her own customized and personalized blueprint that maps out her unique path to bold beYOUty and self-confidence. Stacey founded Models Prefer 18 years ago; an international cosmetics company that has been sold on HSN in the U.S., QVC in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. The MP brand remained the #1 color cosmetics line on QVC in the UK for more than eight years.

Beauty is a natural extension of Stacey’s fun, engaged relationship with her customers (girlfriends); best demonstrated through her Pajama’ Party at Sea Cruises. “I started out talking to women one-on-one about what makes them beYOUtiful; first on HSN and QVC, and then in our unique Pajama’ Parties at Sea, traveling the world on a cruise ship devoted to fun, beauty and empowerment. Women embraced the ideas, products and friendships we were sharing. The phrase “best friend” was voiced over and over as they described their feelings about the products and being part of our community. Without question, the perfect name for our new brand “your best friend” (ybf) came from our girlfriends!”

Stacey is on the board of directors of Fashion Group International, Count Me In and is an active member of Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors (ICMAD), Miss America’s Outstanding Teen, Girls, Inc., American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. A native of Lakeland, FL, Stacey currently resides in Connecticut with her husband and business partner, David Schieffelin. They are the proud parents of two smart and style-savvy daughters, Knox and Sami.

Liana Zavo a life coach and business mentor gives her two cents on entrepreneurship in the real world and the 5 barriers that stop entrepreneurs from starting their business.

5 barriers that stop entrepreneurs from starting a business

I heard this at a training but ill add my own twist to it

Who am I to share this? Because they say who am I to share this. This is like grade A imposter syndrome like who am I? My response to that is who are you not to share the thing that you know? Who are you not to talk about what you are passionate about? Why Not You?
Number two that is stopping people is what if I get found out? So often times we love comfort zones so people will say the more I talk about something and the more I position myself as an authority or a professional people are bound to say, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about and we live in this fear of getting discovered that we’re not who we aspire to be. The only person who will stop you from doing the thing that you wanna do, the only person who has the power is you. So we can look out and say oh I’m gonna get discovered, what are they going to discover that you don’t know about yourself? Call yourself out for your own weaknesses, call yourself out for the stuff that you don’t know. I’ll be the first to say these ideas ain’t mine, but I am going to share them with you which actually leads me to point number 3
People don’t start their business or become an entrepreneur because they say it’s all been done before. I know that there was a time in my business like that when I said how can I talk about personal branding? How can I talk about public relations and building a brand or marketing a business? And you wanna know what? And you wanna know what there are three M’s that empower you to stick out, so even if, M number one, the message is the same right? So even though I am saying the same thing that somebody else had taught us in class yesterday, the message is the same but the messenger is different. You might wanna hear something from somebody else, we could be saying the same thing as somebody else but you as a messenger are different than your message. Here’s a third M, is the medium. How are you sharing this content? like I’m creating a video right now, but I could be doing a podcast, a blog post, I could be doing an Instagram post.
So here’s the thing, even if you are here and you’re talking about something that has been spoken about since the dawn of the ages, let me tell you something ladies, the message could be the same but the messenger could be entirely different and the medium in which we are sharing it!! Boom That’s right—-

This is reason number 4 why somebody won’t start a business, what will people think of me? And you wanna know what I say to that? Somebody’s else’s opinions of me don’t pay my bills. People’s likes on my photos they don’t pay my bill’s, happy clients do. I do not care what people think of me, my decisions or my business. The only people I am beholden to or I care is, who can I serve so extraordinary that they love what I provide for them, and they continue on coming back.

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Known as The Rock-Star Shaman for today’s modern times, Alyson Charles unites the wisdoms of earth (ROCK) and sky (STAR). As a spiritual teacher, spirit animal medium, TV host and keynote speaker, Alyson is revolutionizing the way ancient wisdom merges with the world today.

Alyson’s ability to connect with others, share energy and wisdom, and be a powerful catalyst for change ignited a global phenomenon. Oprah Magazine selected Alyson's guided shamanic spirit animal journey as a "Top Meditation to Try," Forbes described her work as a “Full-Fledged Guide into Your Psyche”, Marie Claire Magazine named her “The Next Big Thing” and Dazed Digital listed her “One of the Top Seven Wellness Accounts on Instagram”.

Born and Raised in Syracuse, Indiana, Charles went from being a national champion distance runner, #1 rated radio host, and daytime television host to aligning with her calling as a shamanic practitioner after a traumatic moment provoked her spiritual awakening. Since that life-changing and miraculous occasion, Alyson was clearly guided by Source and Great Mother Earth to her calling as a shaman and the ancient wisdom and light held within and she has spent many years studying and immersing in ceremony with renown indigenous elders, spiritual leaders and wisdom keepers from around the world such as Chief Benki Piyako of the Ashaninka Tribe, Chief Ninawa Pai Da Mata of the Huni Kuin, legendary indigenous elders Don Eustolio de la Cruz and his wife Rosalia Lemus de la Rosa, of the Wixarika, and Matua Louis of the Maori people, among many others. Alyson now dedicates her life to spiritual immersions and teachings, preserving indigenous wisdom and supporting the need of a universal paradigm shift by uniting the connection between spirit, nature, the power that lives within you and modern society.

As a leading pioneer in her field, Alyson brings her experience to the mainstream in powerfully creative ways. She is the resident guru for Well + Good, where she provides a monthly spirit animal + energy forecast, she made history becoming the first person, in the 25-year history of the HBO Film Festival to perform on stage, where she lead a meditation for 10,000 people, at POPSUGAR Play/Ground, the world’s largest ever female-led festival with over 15,000 attendees, Alyson lead a spirit animal journey. Meditations lead by Alyson can also be found on Amazon's award-winning technology, Alexa, and Google Home. Alyson regularly partners and speaks at renowned global brands like The New York Times, National Geographic Channel, Tory Burch, Forbes, Art Basel, Saks Fifth Avenue, ABC Radio, ELLE, SELF and many more.

Her on-going commitment to assisting countless people in reconnecting to their power has landed her as a leading global voice and her wildly popular spiritual courses “Spirit School” and “Third Eye Certified” are repeatedly sold-out each season.

Alyson is currently working on her first book and card deck, POWER ANIMALS, which will be released Fall of 2021 and her new podcast, Ceremony Circle, will be out this Spring.

Insight of the $2 Trillion Stimulus Package for Businesses. Liana Zavo interviewed a National Tax Expert and the CEO of Engineered Tax Services Julio Gonzalez to give us a better understanding of how small businesses can benefit from this bill. What is the Care Act for Small Businesses?

While there are a lot of detailed provisions in the bill that take into account taxes and unemployment among other topics, small business coronavirus relief certainly takes center stage of the stimulus package, with the point of the bill squarely being to keep people employed.


Being this is the largest stimulus in the history of the United States, $353 billion of the $2 trillion is focused on small businesses alone.

Given the nature of how quickly things are changing in the world today with the coronavirus pandemic, speed is the name of the game — and one in which lawmakers are trying to fuel to prevent a 30% unemployment rate.


“We have a lot of small businesses that are struggling,” Gonzalez says so how can (the government) get this into small business’ hands?


“They have taken the SBA 7(a) loan program as a shell and they have expanded it and that’s how they will get this into cash quickly.”


One thing to note is this loan from the coronavirus stimulus bill is not the same as the Disaster Loan being touted lately. This is separate as these loans will come from a private lender. Who is Eligible for the Coronavirus Stimulus Package?

In order to remove as much red tape as possible and speed up the funding process, the stimulus bill has outlined the following requirements you must meet:
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In business before Feb. 15, 2020.
Employ less than 500 employees.
Have been impacted by the coronavirus.

While the amount of proof and paperwork required will be crystalized in the days ahead, West and Hartsock agree there is a presumption that if you are applying, you have been impacted. Even so, you will have to sign an affidavit acknowledging you need these funds as a result of the coronavirus.


Some ways you could have been impacted are though lost sales, supply chain issues, product chain issues and lost opportunities. There is gray area there, and experts agree this is for speed to get the funds released and available to those who need it.
‍ How Do I Receive Funds from the Coronavirus Stimulus Bill?

While the process still remains to be ironed out further, in a nutshell, most business owners should plan on heading to their home bank (as long as it’s FDIC Insured) and being prepared to fill out minimal paperwork. There are a lot of lenders that are SBA preferred lenders, but they are releasing regulations to where every bank that is FDIC Insured is able to release these loans.
Then starts an 8-week clock for small business owners to use the funds on qualifying expenses to keep their business afloat and become eligible for loan forgiveness.



How Do I Calculate My Loan Amount?

Small business owners are eligible to receive 2.5x payroll to use for things such as payroll, rent, utilities and health care benefits. The loans from the coronavirus stimulus bill are based on a 12-month trailing payroll average, but what does this mean?


Essentially, you will want to take your payroll average from Feb. 15, 2019 to Feb. 15, 2020, up to $100,000 employee salary, excluding employer tax. This also includes commissions and bonuses. Then, average that for a 12-month period and multiply that times 2.5 for your eligible loan amount. There is a $10 million cap to the loan as well.


Even businesses that have been operating for less than a year are eligible; however, you will have annualize it based on the months you have been operating.
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President and CEO of Nan and Company Properties, thrives in the world of luxury real estate on innovation, professionalism and ambition. With over fourteen years of experience and certification as an International Property Specialist, Almodovar has soared to the top of the industry with a company driven by customer service and client satisfaction. Almodovar launched Nan and Company Properties in 2014 from her kitchen table and has since filled a gap in the Houston marketplace for premier luxury real estate services including leasing, sales, and buying. Almodovar is an alumnus of the University of Houston Bauer College of Business and continued her personal development and business education with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program. Her industry expertise and growing success has garnered local and national recognition. Almodovar has been recognized as Houston Business Journal’s #1 real estate agent in luxury, an outstanding leader in real estate as part of “Women Who Mean Business” in 2017, and has been named the national winner of the 2018 Enterprising Women of the Year Award in Miami. This past year and in years prior, Houston Business Journal has named Nan and Company Properties as one of the best places to work in Houston.

Samantha Brown is a world-renowned professional and celebrity stylist. She has been working with men and women to refine their personal style for over a decade. Although based in New York, Samantha will travel to meet clients as needed.

Her styling credits include Nylon Magazine, Badgley Mischka, Fox, Real Simple, The NY Post, OK!, Closer, Westfield Style, Fort Lauderdale Magazine, Gold Coast Magazine, Minnie Rose, Newsday and many more. Samantha’s other partnerships and collaborations include Vogue, GQ, Glamour Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Folli Follie, Simon Malls, Westfield Malls, Empire Beauty School, Quintessentially Lifestyle, Match.com, Gilt Group, Nikon and Joe McNally Photography.

Samantha stays immersed in the fashion industry as the Video Director for B Live, shooting New York Fashion Week shows including Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Narcisco Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler and many more.
Having worked over 1,000 fashion shows throughout the years, Samantha uses her industry knowledge to translate the high fashion trends for her clients every season.
Samantha was personally trained and recruited by Stacy London of TLC’s “What Not to Wear”. Samantha’s editorial background inspires her to help her clients create a look that is unique to their lifestyle.

Nicole Rose Stillings, aka DJ Rosé, is one of New York’s most in demand DJs. While her moniker might trend seasonally, she’s in style all year round in the music, fashion and art scenes. Her fun, funky vibe captivates the crowd, and she has performed at many marquee events, such as the Lucky Lounge at Coachella, Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed Awards, the Scope Show at Art Basel and Bumble Hive’s Opening Weekend. As she spins, you can catch her ‘gramming with other influencer friends, supporting her own rosé, Out East (which she is an investor and advisor to), or making a regular cameo appearance on Bravo’s Summer House.
As a full-time entrepreneur, she lends her knowledge and expertise to various companies within the fashion and technology spaces and hosts a quarterly Female Founders Demo Day at the Core Club. While on the verge of officially launching her own company, Rosé Rockers, a chic, patented line of flower crown headphones built for #BabesWhoRock, she was recently accepted to the Rent the Runway x UBS Project Entrepreneur incubator.
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Also recently featured in Vogue, Forbes, WWD, and Marie Claire, Nicole has performed with the likes of Diana Ross, Noah Cyrus, Jessie James Decker and Timo Weiland (her regular DJ partner). With an infectious entrepreneurial spirit for supporting and cheering on fellow Female Founders, Nicole’s digital authority boasts the perfect balance of fashion meets lifestyle, music and entrepreneurship.

A political adviser and social entrepreneur based in Washington, DC, Rina has been nationally-recognized as a political insider and astute businesswoman. Prior to launching Rilax Strategies – a government and public affairs practice – she served as a senior staffer to two Republican Members of U.S. Congress. Her expertise includes speech-writing, building winning strategies for political campaigns at all levels of government, and serving as a government and public affairs consultant to a wide-range of domestic and international corporations, including start-up ventures. She is the creative force behind LoomUS, a civic renewal initiative launching in the summer of 2020. She is a Co-Founder of Women's Public Leadership Network and Catalyst PAC. She is a fervent advocate for electing and appointing more women to positions at all levels of U.S. government; as such, she is currently an Adviser to "VoteRunLead"and "Running Start" as well a Board of Directors member for "RepresentWomen" and "Republican Women for Progress." She offers analysis and commentary each week on MSNBC and Al Jazeera Media Network, and she is a senior panelist on PBS' "To The Contrary" news program -- the only all-women news Sunday show in the nation. Rina was elected as a Delegate from Washington, DC to the RNC 2016 Convention; however, due to anti-Trump remarks she made in the national media, her local party and the convention's credentials committee unjustly denied her access to be seated on the convention floor. Before an independent tribunal within the Republican National Committee ruled in her favor and subsequently reinstated her as a Delegate, Rina's controversial story was highlighted multiple times in publications ranging from Politico to The Washington Post. She most recently served as Chief Spokesperson and Strategic Adviser for 2016 Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Rina was a 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar and belongs to the American Enterprise Institute's Leadership Network as well as the Meridian International Center's Global Leadership Council. She is the proud daughter immigrants from Uganda and India, and is a native of West Virginia. Rina and her husband reside in the Washington, DC area with their daughters.

Self-made entrepreneur, talented jeweler and public figure Tal Man was born and raised in Israel. At the age of 16 she began an international modeling career, and after completing her two-year service in the Military Police Investigations unit of the IDF, she was chosen to host the most popular prime-time TV show, the Israeli version of Wheel of Fortune, at age 21.

Following Wheel of Fortune, Tal embarked on a successful career as a TV host, actress, reporter, and column writer for the Israeli Yediot Ahronot publication, that spanned 20 years. As an extreme sports fan Tal produced 14 independent films about the extreme sports world, and she herself took 3rd place in Israel’s wake-boarding championship in 2008.

In 2004 Tal graduated from the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art and fell in love with jewelry design. She opened her own workshop and studio in Israel, which she ran alongside her career as a public figure.
Her daughters, Lia and Yali, were born in 2011 and 2015 respectively. In late 2017, Tal co-founded Talia Jewelry with her partner in life and the father of her daughters, Ronen Berka. Talia is an innovative concept in the jewelry market, inviting consumers to participate in the design process of the jewelry they will wear.

In June, 2018, Tal was diagnosed with advanced stage cervical cancer. She fought and won two aggressive battles with the cancer over 18 months, all the while working on founding and creating a project to support women who survived cervical cancer. She designed a pendant with the words “Health and Happiness”, using the sales revenue to open a clinic in Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital.

After her first clear PET scan in 2019 Tal decided to follow her dreams and race against time to make them come true. She and Ronen opened Talia’s first pop-up shop in Manhattan in November 2019, where she’s currently working on growing her brand and speaking about her survival story.

Dr. Ifeoma (Iffie) Okoronkwo, is a Regenerative Medicine and Biocosmetics doctor who recently launched her new practice Beyond Beauty by Dr. O in New York City. After receiving her bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, Dr. O specialized in Sports Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine. With a keen eye for beauty and aesthetics and her knowledge of regenerative therapies, Dr. O has been able to achieve a unique approach to beauty in which her goal is to turn back the clock of aging as naturally as possible. She does this by rejuvenating and re-sculpting the face, resurfacing the skin using the same techniques used in regenerative pain management therapy to help her patients look and feel like their younger selves.

What if we could “trick” the body into revving up its ability to create new tissue, and create volume in the face, fill in deep wrinkles, and resurface the skin without synthetic fillers. Dr. O, as she is fondly known, does this by combining regenerative medicine techniques and principles used in stem cell tissue healing and growth proteins, to achieve safe, effective and minimally invasive procedures to give you the same results, lasts longer and it's natural!

Most women and men from the ages of 25 and older are wanting to maximize their look and minimize the aging affects. Dr. O is turning back the clock of aging for her patients as naturally as possible creating a younger refreshed version of themselves. Her goal is to redirect her patients’ focus from striving to look like someone else to being the best versions of themselves.

It is not the easiest of jobs to be an entrepreneur and have a boss mentality. Working for yourself won't start paying off until much later, and in the meantime it is all hard-work and staying on that grind. As an entrepreneur you always need to bring your A- game. The old-world view that you can just jump into starting your own business and figure it out as you go along isn't working as many women had hoped. Lately we have been promised that entrepreneurism is the yellow brick road to freedom. abundance and living our purpose while making a living. We know that it will require a LOT of work. A LOT OF WORK!!! But the work is driven by you and in the end, you know all the hours, sweat and tears combined provides the amazing results and ultimately gives meaning to your life. This type of purpose-driven work is much more gratifying than working forty hours a week for someone else and their dreams, THAT'S FOR SURE! However, as we navigate the unfamiliar territory of launching and growing a business, we (millennial female entrepreneurs) need examples of women that speak to us and our unique challenges. Women who are taking risks, learning as they go, raising funds, working from home, finding advisors, working with mentors, integrating family and friends while pursuing a business and life that ignites a deep-seeded passion that cannot be ignored! And these are the women that make up What Makes A Woman show! With a plethora of women launching businesses, we cannot only have a few women to draw from as examples! As for me, looking back at 2019, I learned that I LOVE learning and conversing with women that have turned their passion into their careers! I LOVE being an advocate of women entrepreneurs and the voice of Millennial females because I truly believe that we are the RISING STARS that will turn the current state of the world around. As you finish the year strong, listen to the BEST OF 2019 from What Makes A Woman and take some time to look back on some of the most powerful statements made by female rockstars who are breaking their glass ceilings - Just like YOU and I! HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone! Liana Zavo @ladyzavotv DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR ME ON JANUARY 14TH @2PM TO BE ON THE COVER OF JETSET MAGAZINE AND DONATE TO AN AMAZING CAUSE THE B FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN.

Danna Gal is an Israel-born, New York - based artist and designer. She received her B.A, in Visual Arts from Shenkar College of Design and Engineering, Israel.
She participated in a semester’s long art studies in Florence, Italy. She’s been awarded an International Design Award for her interactive product design - My A To Z Rug.
Danna works in the US and has been included in special initiatives at schools and hospitals in New York.
My A To Z is a startup brand for children's educational products teaching vocabulary and introducing The Arts. My A To Z offers a fun-filled interactive and educational experience promoting intellectual and cultural growth for children and their families. My A To Z brand brings a world of educational creative content with interactive books, tv, web, toys, apps, games, rugs and award-winning products, all featuring its original IP.

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Emmy Award winning TV Producer and media coach Amy Rosenblum has been a force in the broadcast business for over thirty years. Amy began her career at CBS news . While at CBS, Amy won an Emmy for a special report she produced with Dan Rather on “Women and AIDS”. Amy covered various breaking news stories and also produced the 1984 Summer Olympics for CBS This Morning.
After 7 years, Amy headed to the world of daytime talk. First stop was Senior Producer of “The Joan Rivers Show”. Ratings grew and Joan won a Daytime Emmy for Best Daytime Host. Next up was “The Sally Jessy Raphael Show”, where Amy spent seven years as the Co-Executive producer. During Amy’s time at the show, Sally’s numbers doubled. Up next the “Maury” show. Amy spent the next 7 years as Executive Producer of Maury; it was there that Amy caught the eye of NBC’s Jeff Zucker, who brought her to Today Show as Senior Producer of the 8 am hour. She later created the 10 am hour with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee. Amy is credited with pairing Kathie Lee and Hoda together for the 10 o'clock hour.

In Nikki Nardizzi’s first release, BADASS grATTITUDE: A memoir of finding forgiveness and strength, Nikki reveals the emotional and physical toll her circumstances took on her and how she took control over their hold on her.

She has come a long way since winning “½ 1st Place” at her temple’s talent show when she was just eight years old. Which she half won for seemingly endless hula-hooping. She believes, now, that she won for finally ending the spectacle.

But then, by the time she turned 41, Nikki had been diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes, become legally blind, contracted meningitis, lost both her parents, and had a kidney and pancreas transplant.

At 43, her husband ‘suggested’ they live separately.

He said she was miserable. He said he was miserable and that he couldn’t keep living like that. He said she should find her happiness. He was right.

So, she set out to find it, along with her self-confidence and worth that was lost so long ago.

It was time to think outside the box … the box she created for herself. She had to change her perception of her life, her abilities, and what she focused her attention on. She found gratitude for the things she had, rather than succumbing to what she didn’t. That, and other changes she incorporated into her life impacted her in every way.

BADASS grATTITUDE …, has a 5 of 5-star rating on Amazon, a 4.4 of 5 stars at Good Reads, and 3 of 4 stars at Online Book Club.org.,

Nikki currently lives in New York City with her husband and senior rescue dog, Winston, working on her next book. She stands as CEO of That’s Bananas, LLC, which oversees publishing and production companies under the same name.

She enjoys supporting charities close to her heart, shopping, and surrounding herself with loving and supportive people. Her experiences have achieved her the unofficial title of advisor to friends and family, helping them navigate their own challenges.

Divya Gugnani is a longtime entrepreneur and co-founder of Wander Beauty, a company that aims to disrupt the beauty industry and streamline makeup routines by creating beauty essentials for busy lifestyles. The co-founder, Lindsay Ellingson, and Divya felt that beauty brands in the market were not speaking to them as consumers. They both live in constant motion: Lindsay, a supermodel, is always on planes, trains and automobiles, and as a working woman with two young kids, I’m on the go all day. Artistry brands were telling them that they needed tons of steps and trendy colors. We both had bags filled with dirty brushes and cracked powders and felt there had to be a better way to live our most beautiful lives.

Societe Real Estate is a privately-owned female-run, bespoke real estate agency New York City. Sarah Williams found it so side to feel a highly personalized people first niche in the residential housing marketplace specializing the acquisition sale and curated position post closing to this expansion of the finest properties New York the companies build him groundbreaking printable to reflect values to buy my Sarris Pedegree experience at sophistication navigating that a better sea of realtors in the New York market. Societe’s reputation for success is built on traditional values, exceptional levels of care, proven market strategy, confidentiality and ultimately sales. Sarah has partnered with Ginette to create a conglomerate company in New York City. These are influential women with groundbreaking conversations. #bosstalk

Shirley Yang Is the founder and CEO of Muses, a professional network for entrepreneurs and creative freelancers. Muses is in 121 countries And has over 100,000 gigs joined since launch two years ago. Shirley has lead teams at NBC Universal Amazon and have worked with thousands of social media influencers and browns propel them to fame. Her previous clients include Fortune 100: Nike, Walmart, Amazon thousands of startups and small businesses. Shirley is a startup mentor at TechStars, 1871, and advisor at women in tech founders and DePaul University Center for Entrepreneurship. These are deep conversations with Liana, and how she dives into the importance of a vision coming to fruition with a lot of work and grit. #convoswithliana

Angolina Amores is crowned Miss Australia in 2014. She was Featured on several covers and magazine editorials including OK! Magazine and Cosmopolitan. Two years later, she moved United States where she started her entrepreneurial journey. Angolina runs The Alpha Femme Platform, which is a powerful community and school that aims to get women inspiration and the confidence and knowledge to build their own successful businesses. She also owns the social media agency, The Social Throne, which offers Instagram users and affordable way of growing their accounts organically by US strategists. Angolina’s Women’s luxury fashion label will be launching beginning of 2020. The purpose is to empower women and lead them towards financial freedom an awakened mind. #ladytalk Liana goes deep into her tips and tricks for the emerging female entrepreneurs. #bosstalk

Luisa Diaz Brown holds the title of Mrs. New York International 2019 and the former Ms. Venezuela International. She is also an actress that has been featured in Oscar Winning movies such as “The Fighter” and “Silver Linings Playbook.” TV host founder, where She was the host and producer of the first and longest running Spanish language TV program produced in a major network. Through her success with her show, she became a personality and a brand-name. Luisa is the founder of Mi Amor Gala and the Runway of Hope. Luisa works closely with domestic violence survivors. She is the author of her best seller book Sexy Is Timeless. The book focuses on women empowerment and the art of confidence. *Our next Pageant Queen and entrepreneur is Angolina Amores, she is was crowned Miss Australia in 2014. She was featured on several covers and magazine editorial’s including Ok! Magazine and Cosmopolitan. Two years later, she moved to the United States where she started her entrepreneurial journey. Angolina runs The Alpha Femme platform, Which is powerful community and tool that aims to get women inspiration and the confidence and knowledge to build their own successful businesses. She also owns the social media agency, The Social Throne, which offers Instagram users an affordable way of growing their accounts organically by US- based strategists. Angolina’s women’s luxury fashion label will be launching beginning of 2020. The purpose is to empower women and lead them towards financial freedom and an awakened mind.