Creative Human
Mar 17, 2021
6. Lisa Nicole Rosado: We Are Women Owned, Pleasing Everyone, Having ADHD
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#6: Welcome to the Creative Human podcast with your host, Vanessa Farino. In this episode, Vanessa we introduce another conversation from #ThePowerOfWoman2021 event. This week we have one of the Keynote Speakers, Lisa Nicole Rosado, founder of We Are Women Owned. Enjoy!
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The Boston Business Journal named Betty as one of the 2020 Power 50 – Extraordinary Year Extraordinary People, and in 2018, Boston Magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Boston.
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Connect with Betty:
LinkedIn: _https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettyfrancisco/_
IG: _https://www.instagram.com/bettyfrancisco_
Twitter: _https://twitter.com/BettyFrancisco_
Get involved:
Boston Impact Initiative- _https://bostonimpact.org/_
Amplify Latinx- _https://amplifylatinx.co/_
Investors of Color Network- _https://www.investorsofcolor.com_/
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Instagram: @iceychill
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Season 3, Episode 1 | “The Power of Latinas” Guest: Julia Mejia
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