Episode 16 - Barbara Martinez: Proud Latina Woman from Struggle to Success
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Unshattered: https://www.unshattered.org/
Zylofone: https://zylofone.org/
In this episode we discuss Barbara’s life journey and the struggles she faced to survive as a young girl and how she worked hard and smart to make it up the ladder to where she is now. We also discuss what she does to look better, think better, be better and feel better through her physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health and wellness practices.
Barbara Martinez Bio:
Barbara Martinez was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico but came at a young age to New York and was raised in the Bronx by a single mother along with four siblings. Barbara struggled with English as her second language but eventually graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School with a Regents and eventually graduated with her Bachelor's Degree from Marist College in Communications & Psychology, with SUMMA CUM LAUDE honors. At age 19 she moved up to Orange County, NY. In 2003, she was offered a job with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office where she worked for 14 years and during that time she attended Marist College part time. In 2016, she moved on from the Sheriff’s office and was offered a position with the Orange County Chamber of Commerce as the Director of Communications. Barbara was also a co-host of her own radio program called Linea Informativa with Ruben & Barbara, which is the only bi-lingual show in the Hudson Valley. In the 2018 Nielsen Rating, they ranked 15th in the Hudson Valley for their time slot.
Barbara has been serving as the Executive Director for the Goshen Chamber of Commerce for since February 2019. As the Executive Director she has several SOLD OUT Chamber Networking Breakfasts under belt, she has introduced talk radio to the chamber as an added value for the members, LIVE every Friday from 12-1pm on WTBQ Radio titled “Goshen Chamber Connects” and has created a FB Live segment called “Chatting with the Executive” which highlights members and their business. She is the host of “Chamber Leaders Mastermind” a forum for Chamber leaders around the world. She introduced the first Chamber mobile app and is currently the only Chamber in the Tri-State area to have their own app. Barbara has been recognized as one of the 2014 Women of Achievement in Orange County and in 2019 honored with the Monticello-Goshen USA Harness Writers Association’s Amy Bull Crist Distinguished Service Award. She has been featured in several publications for her work with the NY Sheriff’s Association and the local Sheriff’s Office. She is one of the co-founders for the very successful Hudson Valley Fiesta Latina and was the Chair for the Orange County Chamber’s Latino Business Council. She has been asked to host and speak at many events, such as, the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley’s Farm to Fork fundraising event, the “Do You Love What You Do?” series and was Games Host for the OC Arts Council. She has been asked to speak on panels for the SUNY Orange Business Club.
She has a passion for talk radio and promoting. As a hobby, Barbara enjoys promoting small businesses and not for profits. She has a segment called “Where in the Hudson Valley is Barbara Martinez?” using this form of promotion she utilizes Facebook Live to help showcase businesses all over the Hudson Valley. Make sure to follow her on Facebook and Instagram to catch her shows. Barbara is the proud mom of two awesome boys Jonah and Aramis.