This week’s Hispanic PR Blog interview is with Lucia Matthews, president of Dialogo PR in San Diego.
What was your childhood ambition?
With the exception of being a professional singer, I never had a real “career” dream as a child. However, since I grew up a big city girl, I was exposed to quite an eclectic [...]
Melissa Smith is executive vice president of RLPR. She manages the New York office of RLPR which is headquartered in Los Angeles under the leadership of Roxana Lissa.
What was your childhood ambition?
I was a moody kid with a big personality – not too dissimilar to who I am today! I loved to [...]
Jorge Ortega is president of The Jeffrey Group, one of the nation’s largest serving both the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American PR markets.
What was your childhood ambition?
Well, to be honest I have always wanted to have my own talk show. As an adult I have considered this ambition further but have not really [...]
Romina Bongiovanni, originally from Argentina, is vice president of Edelman’s multicultural practice. She is the immediate past president of the Los Angeles-based Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA).
Tell us about your educational background?
I studied Hotel Management in Buenos Aires’ Centro Internacional de Hotelería y Servicios where I graduated with honors. Once I moved to California, I [...]
Jorge Plasencia is Chairman and CEO of República.
What was your childhood ambition?
I always wanted to have my own business. It was my passion. I was one of those kids selling lemonade on the sidewalk. I was lucky. I landed an internship at age 14 in the promotions department of a radio station…the rest is history! [...]
Deborah Charnes Vallejo is Vice President/Director of Public Relations for Bromley Communications.
Tell us about your educational background?
As a college freshman, I dreamed of being an international reporter. My school’s journalism program didn’t allow me to take any journalism courses until my third year. In the meantime, within Liberal Arts & Sciences, I began to drift [...]