Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones and Mexicana Universal 2019 and this year’s second runner-up at Miss Universe Sofía Aragón discuss building good mental health, achieving your professional goals and developing healthy eating habits. In this episode of SOMOS Latinas, these leading women also highlight the important role beauty pageants play today in empowering women.
Blenlly Mena opened the first vegan restaurant with Dominican flavor in The Bronx. When veganism came into her life, she lost over 50 pounds, and her kitchen became a vegan eatery. Blenlly talks about the properties of vegan food, her business, her family, and her community work for a healthy diet.
At 25, when she had everything going her way, Marlena Ortiz was diagnosed with breast cancer. Yet she decided to put a fight ‘armed’ with heels, literally. In an interview with Denisse Oller, Marlena shares how she turned her heels in to a symbol of strength to cope with treatment. Through her foundation, Beating Cancer [...]
Going to school to study pediatrics and graduating in Intensive Care was not at all easy for Dr. Denise Nunez. In an interview with Denisse Oller, she tells us how her lack of financial means made her endure many hardships, and how she was able to realize her dreams through hard work and perseverance. She [...]
Many people wonder what happened to Merijoel Duran after she wrapped up a long career as a TV hostess. In a candid and revealing interview, the Dominican journalist talks with Denisse Oller about her beginnings, her concerns about health issues, her new projects, and even what many people don’t know about her despite a long [...]
Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones and Mexicana Universal 2019 and this year’s second runner-up at Miss Universe Sofía Aragón discuss building good mental health, achieving your professional goals and developing healthy eating habits. In this episode of SOMOS Latinas, these leading women also highlight the important role beauty pageants play today in empowering women. 
Blenlly Mena opened the first vegan restaurant with Dominican flavor in The Bronx. When veganism came into her life, she lost over 50 pounds, and her kitchen became a vegan eatery. Blenlly talks about the properties of vegan food, her business, her family, and her community work for a healthy diet. 
At 25, when she had everything going her way, Marlena Ortiz was diagnosed with breast cancer. Yet she decided to put a fight ‘armed’ with heels, literally. In an interview with Denisse Oller, Marlena shares how she turned her heels in to a symbol of strength to cope with treatment. Through her foundation, Beating Cancer [...] 
Going to school to study pediatrics and graduating in Intensive Care was not at all easy for Dr. Denise Nunez. In an interview with Denisse Oller, she tells us how her lack of financial means made her endure many hardships, and how she was able to realize her dreams through hard work and perseverance. She [...] 
Many people wonder what happened to Merijoel Duran after she wrapped up a long career as a TV hostess. In a candid and revealing interview, the Dominican journalist talks with Denisse Oller about her beginnings, her concerns about health issues, her new projects, and even what many people don’t know about her despite a long [...]