Los Angeles, CA — October 15, 2024 — (Notification Newswire) — hispanic lifestyle Announced by the co-founder and chairman of Brilla Media Ventures. angela sustaita lewis will be She was recognized for her national leadership in the Latinx community at Hispanic Lifestyle’s Connecting Influential Latinas event on October 23rd. Lauderdale in Ft..
Angela has worked in digital media, marketing, and public relations for 25 years, leading award-winning U.S. Hispanic and multicultural programs. Prior to joining Brilla Media, she co-founded Latina Mom Bloggers (later renamed DiMe Media), the first Latina influencer network, with Hispanicize Media Group in 2009. She has led hundreds of influencer and community engagement marketing campaigns for major brands including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Ad Council, Disney, Unilever, P&G, Netflix, and HBO. In 2019, she sold the majority of Hispanish to John Leguizamo’s NGL Collective, and in 2022, Leguizamo and Angela became part of the collective that sold all of NGL to Go Digital/MiTu.
Angela’s recent honors include receiving the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Latin American Business Association, being a semi-finalist for Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition Award, and being named to the CDC’s How Right Now. ” These include winning the 2021 Hermes Creative Award for COVID-19. Mental health response campaign. Angela was selected as a 2021 finalist for Altisimo Live’s PRWeek Multicultural Marketing Campaign of the Year for Farmworker Relief. He is also a past recipient of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) Professional of the Year Award.
A proud third-generation Mexican-American and Texan, Angela comes from a family of immigrant farm workers, military veterans, entrepreneurs, and community activists. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Baylor University and currently resides in Miami, Florida.
Below is a list of other 2024 Latinx Influencer Florida Award winners.
Dr. Addis M. VillaGlobal Chief Experience Officer – Vila & Associatesanna christina brandonSenior Manager, International Asset Structuring and Global Family Office, Scotiabank. ALPFA Miami Chapter Co-ChairmanArlyn Broshactress, entrepreneur, producercarolina valderramaAMP, Manager, Affordable Lending & Housing Outreach, Freddie MacDr. Charlie FerrerCEO and Founder – Cancer Tamer Foundation, Empowerment Speaker and Breast Cancer Awareness ActivistDr. Luisa MontoyaChief Executive Officer – Diversity MattersMary Sol (Atienza) GonzalezChief Executive Officer – Hispanic Entrepreneur InitiativeSylvia FresnedaMortgage Consultant – Wells Fargo MortgageWendy PreciadoFounder and CEO – CM & D National Construction LLC
About the Hispanic lifestyle
Hispanic Lifestyle is a leading master brand in digital media and event production, connecting business owners, professionals and community leaders through engaging content and events. Trusted by top brands, we customize messages to reach our valued consumers and have won multiple awards and recognition.
Hispanic Lifestyle, an independently produced television show, focuses on the accomplishments of Latinx leaders, organizations and businesses with segments on health, travel, food and entertainment. It aired on PBS and independent stations in California, Arizona, Kansas City, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Hispanic Lifestyle is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the California Public Utilities Commission (MBE# 14110125) and as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by the State of California (SBE# 1791437).
About Brilla Media Ventures
Brilla Media Ventures provides multicultural marketers with engaging cultural content through its owned and operated platforms. nuestro story, Nuestro Studio and brilla latina. Services also include programmatic advertising technology services for scalable media distribution, influencer marketing, creative studio services, and brand activation.
The company is led by Angela Sustaita Ruiz and Manuel Ruiz Barrera, creators of Hispanicize, and is a leading company in the Hispanic media, social and influencer marketing industry, the Latinx press release wire industry, and the Hispanic print media company. pioneered the first online network.
