Mavian Arocha-Rowe

Mavian Arocha-Rowe is known as an asset to the business and communications industry and is motivating and advocating “your authenticity should be your strategy,” for all women, regardless of their season and roles. For the past 20 years she has directed magazines, plus multiple art and marketing departments as creative director and brand manager. What supersedes all of her great career moves is her role as wife and mother living in Atlanta. Challenging herself to discover and bravely pursue the calling for her life, Arocha-Rowe helps other women discover and pursue their life’s assignment. She is a passionate, and loud-laughing speaker on the topic of purposefully redeemed, and mentors young women so they can exercise a mind that is doctrinally pure, along with a heart that beats toward sanctification. She will almost never turn down Marlow’s Tavern double-tavern cheeseburger, a cooking-demonstration from Leaning Ladder, or any opportunity to head to Miami to spend time with family.

Coast To Coast: The Great American Roadtrip

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Fancy the idea of driving across the country from coast to coast? It’s something I have always wanted to do, and one day, I would love to make it happen. I’m sure everyone knows someone who has done one of the major routes, at least. And, for many people, it’s a rite of passage. But,…

Simple Steps Toward Better Employee Engagement

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Employee engagement is a hot topic these days. Businesses are beginning to realize the many advantages of keeping their workforce feeling like they are part of things. And, they can actually make a difference. People want to feel as if they have value, responsibilities, and a future – and as a boss, you need to…

Liza Talusan Has Chispa

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Liza Talusan: Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Cousin, Friend, Doctoral Student, Facilitator + Warrior What have you overcome? “Over the past few years, I have whispered to God, “Isn’t that enough? Haven’t you tested me enough, God?” My family story has been filled with cancer. Just a year after I married my husband, my mother-in-law was…

Dr. Sandra Bishnoi Has Chispa

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Dr. Sandra Bishnoi: Lecturer and Research Scientist at Rice University, plus Mother of Two Children and Hero in Pink What have you overcomed? “I say my ‘new reality’ instead of ‘new normal’ because there’s nothing normal about chronic illness. Knowing that you’re going to die from a disease you have no control over—there’s nothing normal about that.…

Ginalisa Monterroso Has Chispa

Ginalisa Monterroso: Mother, Fighter, and Founder and President of Medicaid Advisory Group What have you overcome? “Twenty years ago, my daughter Tara was born with Down syndrome. The happiness I felt after giving birth was quickly taken away by doctors who encouraged me to give Tara up for adoption. They promised if I kept her, we would…

Allison Diaz Has Chispa

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Allison Diaz, grown from a mix of Georgia Red Clay and Canadian dust, a southern girl with a heart for God, her family, and big dreams, is a warrior for Jesus, her husband, and her family. What have you overcome? “We live on the northwest corner on the ninth floor of a high-rise condo building.…

Jennifer Heegaard Has Chispa

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Jennifer Heegaard: Happy Wife, Proud Aunt, Loving Sister, Loyal Friend, Humble Board President of Dress for Success Miami, and Driven President of JEJE Consulting, A Public Relations, Branding and Events Firm. What have you overcome? When I was younger, I was overweight. I grew up in a society where being beautiful meant being stick thin and to…

Watch “The Story of Christmas”

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This Christmas, why not start a new tradition? Watch The Story of Christmas together with friends and family. This very special collection of short videos tells the entire Nativity story as described in the Gospels. Presented by YouVersion in partnership with The Lumo Project — now, for the first time ever, you can watch “The…

Karen Shayne Has Chispa

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Karen Shayne: Daughter, Entrepreneur, Leader, Business Partner, Philanthropist, Best Friend, Fighter and a Sister Survivor, and most importantly and what I am most proud of, I am a WOMAN. What have you overcome?
 I am an overcomer of cancer in so many ways. Cancer became a part of my life by no choice of my own,…