Gina is the founder of Empowered with Gina, a thriving women's community and podcast that helps women cultivate self-love, confidence, and financial empowerment while breaking free from societal expectations. She is the co-founder of Z.A. Lawyers, serving clients in California, and a mom to six children in her modern family, two of whom were born through surrogacy.

Corissa Hernandez is a 19-year entrepreneur, financial literacy educator, and City of Los Angeles Commissioner. A former public school teacher turned multi-business founder, she has built a career rooted in expanding financial education, economic access, and opportunity for underrepresented communities across Los Angeles.

Over the past two decades, Corissa has founded and scaled ventures across finance, hospitality, and community-driven business development, including Legacy Full Circle Financial & Insurance Services, Craft Beer Cellar Eagle Rock, Empire Tavern, XELAS, Nativo, and her newest venture, Hustle & Heart Collective. While some hospitality ventures have since been sold, each reflects her long-standing track record of launching, growing, and stewarding culturally rooted businesses that create jobs, community, and economic mobility.

Known for her authenticity, cultural pride, and people-first leadership, Corissa bridges strategy with heart. Through consulting, education, and community-centered experiences, she builds practical pathways to financial stability, business sustainability, and generational wealth. Her work centers first-generation founders, women of color, and communities historically excluded from financial systems, translating complex business and money concepts into accessible, actionable tools that create real-world impact.

Sandra Velasquez is the CEO and Founder of Nopalera, the modern Mexican beauty brand redefining luxury through the lens of Mexican culture and heritage. Raised by Mexican immigrant parents whose resilience and courage shaped her worldview, Sandra built Nopalera on a bold idea: Mexican culture deserves to be celebrated in the premium space. Nopalera's products are powered by precious oils extracted from the Nopal cactus, a revered symbol of resilience, and awakened by aromas honoring ancient Mexican rituals. Since founding the brand, Sandra has raised over $6.5 million, earned certifications as a Minority Business Enterprise and WBENC-certified company, and grown Nopalera into a nationally recognized beauty movement. Her Shark Tank Season 14 appearance became a defining moment when she confidently walked away from investor offers — embodying the brand's ethos of standing in your worth. Beyond Nopalera, Sandra is an author, keynote speaker, singer, and guitarist.

Marisa "Ritzy" Estrada Rivera is a first-generation Mexican American emerging tech strategist, diversity advocate, and founder of Ritzy Periwinkle Consultancy. She is also the creator of REAL TALK AI, a workshop series teaching AI literacy, ethics, and the real costs of AI, human and environmental, to creatives, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. An international speaker with 15+ years of cross-industry consulting experience, she has presented at the United Nations General Assembly Science Summit, served as delegate and presenter at the 5th and 6th Congressional Briefings of Women of Color in Blockchain, and co-authored Women in Web3: Inclusive Futures. She hosts Word To Your Mama, a podcast amplifying diverse voices at the intersection of emerging tech, art, community, and social impact, and co-hosts The Get Down: Beyond Bitcoin on Fintech.TV. She is a Butterscotch Media 2025 Web3 Changemaker to Watch. Her mission: help communities locked out of tech revolutions become the ones shaping them.

Gaby Natale is the founder of Menopausia.com, the first bilingual femtech platform dedicated to menopause and midlife health, helping close the education and care gap for millions of Hispanic women. A breast cancer survivor and Susan G. Komen ambassador, she is leading one of the fastest-growing conversations in women's health at the intersection of technology, community, and innovation.

A triple Daytime Emmy® Award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and globally sought-after keynote speaker, Gaby is the first Latina to win three consecutive Daytime Emmy® Awards and the first Hispanic woman published by HarperCollins Leadership.

Known for helping leaders spot opportunities before they become obvious, she has delivered keynotes, moderated high-profile conversations, and served as master of ceremonies for Fortune 500 companies, global institutions, and leading conferences worldwide. Her clients include Microsoft, Google, Walmart, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, and Estée Lauder.

Gaby speaks globally on leadership, innovation and resilience.

Alicia Romero Rodriguez is a multi-hyphenate force. Brand architect. Cultural strategist. Founder and Chief Manifestation Officer of Viva Vibrant, a luxury consultancy that transforms brands from black and white to vibrant color. She has built brands for luxury beauty founder icons like Bobbi Brown and Cristina Carlino. As part of senior leadership teams, she helped guide four successful multimillion dollar private equity exits. Managed a multibillion dollar portfolio of over 29 brands at The Estée Lauder Companies. She does not advise from a distance. She moves from insight to execution, giving brands soul and a newly set compass. South Phoenix raised. Pepperdine educated. The first-generation daughter of a community that had nothing and built everything. That hunger, that range, that fluency between culture and luxury boardrooms is what cannot be manufactured. Alicia does not fit into existing categories. She creates new ones. For founders and CEOs who know their brand has more color in it than the world has seen, she is the one who makes it undeniable.

Tish Galindo is building what's next in culture, business, and media. As the founder of madeXus, she’s leading an AI-driven, culture-first creative agency that has delivered award-winning work for brands including AT&T, Coca-Cola, HBO Max, Disney, Lowe’s, Expedia, and Intuit. She has built a reputation for helping brands show up where culture is moving, not where it’s been.

She is also the founder of Women Raise the Game, the agency’s sports media platform, which debuted at Super Bowl LVIII and has since been backed by the NFL, MLB, and the AUSL women’s professional softball league. What began as a bold vision has evolved into a platform generating more than one billion impressions while creating new opportunities for brands, athletes, creators, and executives to connect through women’s sports.

An active investor and Stanford Executive Business Program alum, Tish backs companies across fintech, beauty, premium spirits, and real estate while advising leaders navigating brand, creative, and business transformation.

Based in Beverly Hills, she remains committed to the people who matter most: her children, Sabrina, Dylan, and Gavin, and her dogs, Harley and Cash.

A magnetic leader and visionary storyteller, Marissa has spent the last three decades shaping the stories behind some of the word's most beloved brands.  As the Senior Vice President of Global Brand and Consumer Marketing at the National Football League, Marissa leads the League’s global advertising, brand positioning, and fan development initiatives, putting her at the front of the League's cultural expansion both at home and around the world.

Born in Mexico City and raised in the border town of Harlingen, TX, Marissa's leadership journey began with a dream of becoming an Ambassador.  Working at her family's restaurant, she learned the values of grit, community, and human connection that would shape her personal mission: bridging cultures through the power of storytelling.  This purpose guided her education at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and later at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

Her illustrious career spans brand management at Procter & Gamble in Latin America, management consulting at Deloitte, and nearly two decades of leadership at Pepsico where she spearheaded award-winning campaigns for Doritos, Cheetos, Lay’s, Tostitos, and Pepsi – driving multimillion dollar growth while reshaping how brands connect with diverse audiences.  She founded Pepsico’s first-of-its-kind Hispanic Business Unit, earning industry acclaim for bold innovation in marketing, sales, and cultural engagement.  In 2021, AdAge named her one of the Most Powerful Women in Sports.  She earned her first Sports Emmy  in 2023 for the groundbreaking Super Bowl campaign "She Runs It" spotlighting flag football star Diana Flores, followed by a second Emmy in 2025 for "I Am Somebody", a moving tribute to youth mentorship, and a third Emmy in 2026 for "Champion" honoring the contribution of youth coaches. 

Today, Marissa is one of the NFL's highest ranking Latina executives, has a third-degree black belt in Tae Kown Do, and is a sought-after speaker known for her electrifying storytelling and authentic voice. She serves on the Board of Directors of SkyZone, AIMM (Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing), The SMU Cox School of Business, Make-a-Wish North Texas, and The We Are All Human Foundation. 

She splits her time between New York and Texas with her husband Juan and daughter Gabriela.