Minerva's Creative Conversations™: Recent Episodes
Minerva Salles
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations, a podcast that engages our audience to learn about the relevant news and developments about social issues that matter to them, such as women’s empowerment, diversity and inclusion, mental health, the environment, and climate change.
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations! I’m your host, Minerva Salles, and I’m thrilled to personally welcome and thank you for joining us today.
My special guest is Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer of Miami-Dade County. Ms. Gilbert has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate value integration, organizational leadership, climate mitigation and adaptation, and urban resilience.
Jane will talk about Mitigating Rising Temperatures on today’s program, highlighting the groundbreaking impact of the Chief Heat Officer role in shaping and incorporating extreme heat mitigation measures within Miami-Dade County’s Resilient305 framework.
To learn more about Resilent305, visit: https://resilient305.com
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Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations,™ I am your host, Minerva Salles, and I wanted to personally welcome and thank you for joining us today. My special guest is Valeria Aloe, an award-winning author of Uncolonized Latinas, a groundbreaking new book that accelerates Latinas into spaces of influence and leadership. Valeria talks about Transforming Our Mindsets. She empowers her target audience to know the key elements for success in the business world and how to overcome the struggles they may face due to their perception of their culture. To learn more about Valeria’s work, visit www.ValeriaAloe.com Please do not forget to write us a review from your favorite podcast platforms! Produced by Minerva salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and I wanted to personally welcome and thank you for joining us today. We're glad you're here because this podcast is created for you!
It is a podcast where I dig deeper into the personal journeys and professional careers of influential and successful women and men and how their stories can inspire others to succeed.
My special guest is Dr. Jairo Borja, President of Borja Consulting Group, which provides services that can help transform your business and help you network like a pro!
Dr. Borja talks about an 8-week transformation course to help you hone an elevator pitch, provide tips when attending networking events, and valuable tactics to leverage your existing relationships using LinkedIn.
To learn more about Dr. Jairo Borja's online courses, visit his website at: BorjaConsultingGroup.com.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and our show is about Parenting and Running a Business.
My special guest is Elisa Charters, President of Latina Surge, a national nonprofit advocacy organization she co-founded in 2015.
Elisa talks about parenting and running a business as a multicultural woman. She also talks about the gender gap in the workforce for women and how to improve negotiating skills to receive equal pay.
To learn more about Latina Surge, visit their website at: LatinaSurge.org.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today we are doing a show on Working Mothers. My special guest is Camila Casale, Chief Marketing Officer of Claro Enterprise Solutions, a global technology services company.
Camila Casale talks about managing parenting and a high-demanding job. She also talks about Women in Tech and how women can break barriers in this male-dominated industry.
To learn more about the services provided by Claro USA, visit www.usclaro.com.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and I wanted to personally welcome and thank you for joining us today. We're glad you're here because this podcast is created for you!
Today, we are doing a special show on Fathers of Daughters, and my guest is Dr. Bob Nouraei, an Osteopathy Practitioner, D.O.M.P, and Alternative Medicine Doctor.
Dr. Nouraei provides invaluable advice for fathers on raising a daughter and being a positive male figure in her life.
"You have to let nature take the course. You have to make sure you are there at the same time you have to let that person to experience and experiment the things on her own. You cannot be the guidance all the time. And it's difficult, it's very difficult, but you have to learn that." - Dr. Bob Nouraei
To learn more about the services provided by Dr. Bob Nouraei, visit Rejuvenator Plus at: www.rejuvenatorplus.ca.
Produced by Minerva Salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and my special guest is Karem Ospino, MSA, Founder, and CEO of Ospino Consulting, a business advisory, and accounting services firm.
Karem has over 15 years of experience assessing and strengthening financial strategies and accounting practices for small businesses through business planning, financial, tax advising, and mentorship.
She is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record helping minority small business owners achieve profitability by leveraging efficient processes and technology.
"If you want to do everything because you think you're the only one who can do it, then you are not going to grow. If you don't delegate, you don't grow" - Karem Ospino, MSA
Karem holds a Masters's Degree in Accountancy, and she is an expert in business finances, budgeting, forecasting, accounting tools, and taxes. She is a Quickbooks Certified Proadvisor and a member of New Jersey CPA.
To learn more about Karem’s accounting services, visit her Instagram page @ospinoconsulting.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and my special guest is Dr. Diana Medina-Galvan, a Board-Certified Family Physician.
Dr. Medina is a medical doctor that specializes in bio-identical hormones that are used in hormone therapy as a method for restoring and maintaining balance to hormone levels.
"If you want to take care of your children and your elderly parents and you want to be the big sibling, you're not going to be able to do that if you are not healthy. So, take control of your health, take control of whatever ailments you may have, and get to the bottom of it." - Dr. Diana Medina-Galvan
Dr. Medina-Galvan is currently an active member of the Texas Medical Association & Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Medina believes that everyone should have access to affordable, transparent, high-quality medical care.
To learn more about Dr. Medina's medical and health and wellness services, visit her website at www.LuminousHealthandWellness.com.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Dr. Jackie Black, a Marriage Educator and Board-Certified Coach.
Dr. Jackie helps rekindle relationships with loving, amazing entrepreneurs and professionals, so they feel close again.
"One way to connect every day that you are going out of your way deliberately, intentionally sending the message verbally or with your behavior that I am thinking about you, you matter to me; I appreciate you, I love you." - Dr. Jackie Black
For the last 30 years, Dr. Jackie has helped her clients to learn, grow, thrive, and have FUN together. Through her guidance, once distant couples now experience deeper, more meaningful connections and intimacy.
To learn more about Dr. Jackie's relationship advice, visit her website at drjackieblack.com.
Produced by Minerva Salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Dr. Diana Medina-Galvan, a board-certified Family Physician.
"You make things happen. The path to get here it's not easy by any means. Most importantly is slow and steady; you win the race." - Dr. Diana Medina-Galvan
Dr. Diana Medina-Galvan talks about the importance of preventive medicine and passionately explains direct primary care and its extensive benefits.
To learn more about Dr. Medina's medical and health and wellness services, please visit her website at www.LuminousHealthandWellness.com.
To find a direct primary care doctor near you, visit www.DPCFrontier.com.
Produced by Minerva Salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Rosemarie Moyeno Matos, Esq., owner of Law Office of Rosemarie Moyeno Matos LLC in Hoboken, NJ.
"Legal is probably one of the areas that you should not cut corners on. I'd say legal and insurance before anything." - Rosemarie Moyeno Matos, Esq.
Rosemarie Moyeno Matos, Esq., talks about the importance of protecting your business and how she overcame implicit biases in her legal profession.
To learn more about the services provided by the Law Office of Rosemarie Moyeno Matos LLC, you can reach her office at LinkedIn @lawrmm and via Twitter @law_rmm.
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Claire Cuccio, Ph.D., Colonel Retired and Signal Officer in the U.S. Army.
"You really have to make sure that what you submit represents what you can deliver." - Col. (Ret.) Claire Cuccio, Ph.D.
Claire is currently the President and CEO of SNVC, a company that provides national security and defense operations support.
From on-location, she talks about her experiences as a military leader and the importance of self-education.
Produced by Minerva Salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Evita Salles, Commanding Officer of the Phoenix Military Entrance Processing Station.
"Being a mom shouldn't deter you. I think you can do both. You can be a mom, and you can serve." - Navy Lt. Evita Salles
Evita recently did a Ted Talk/DAU, where she talked about the silent observer in the U.S. Navy.
Produced by Minerva Salles
Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva’s Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is La-Verna Fountain, Founder and President of Meaningful Communications Matter, and a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion.
“I choose to be a human being activist. You know, we all deserve to be at the table, all of us.” -La-Verna Fountain
To learn more about La-Verna Fountain's extraordinary work, you can visit her website at MeaningfulCommunicationsMatter.com
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Music by John Bartmann
Welcome to Minerva's Creative Conversations™, I am your host, Minerva Salles, and today my special guest is Karen Antunes, a Five-Time World Champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and co-owner of Mayko and Karen Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Phoenix, Arizona.
“As soon as you step on the mat, you are the same. There is no rich, no poor, no black, no white, no women, no men, everybody is the same.” -Karen Antunes
You can learn more about Mayko and Karen Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by visiting their website at MKBJJ.com.
Co-produced by Minerva Salles and Evita Salles
Music by John Bartmann