Communicating for Social Change 💬 🫶

I am honored to be chatting today with Maria Rodriguez for Hispanic Heritage Month – Maria is an UNO Soul. Maria is the President and CEO of Vanguard Communications, a PR agency she cofounded with a business partner when she was 27 years old. Their mission is to advance social change and champion causes to help protect the health and well-being of our planet and its people. She has been honing her skills at social marketing, media relations, multicultural/multiethnic outreach and event production for more than 30 years. She is the daughter of Spanish immigrants. And I am proud to call her my friend.🌱  Listen to Maria speak about her story and her family’s immigrant story (2:05)👩‍💼  Hear about how Maria started her business – Vanguard Communications (5:20)🧑‍🎓  Hear about Maria’s innovative paid internship program called “Comunicadores for the Future” at George Washington University (9:30)💗  Listen to how Maria and I met through our love for giving back to the community (13:20)🤝  Maria and I are board members of the Girl Scouts of the Nations Capital – hear our Girl Scout stories when we were young  (16:00)🚀  Hear Maria talk about how she made the mission of Vanguard Communications very mission-oriented. The foundation that she set in place is to help improve people’s lives, communities, and the world (22:10) 🪴 Hear about how Maria nourishes her soul (30:00)Words of Wisdom from Maria: Live Your Life Today and EverydayThank you for chatting with me Maria! We are grateful for you!✨  UNO Souls are beacons of light in our community that can be guides for how to cope through this collective moment of change. I would love to chat with you – please reach out! I honor the light in all of you. 🙏🏽💕✨  Find us on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook at @UNOsouls! You can also visit us at unosouls.com. #UNOSouls Chat #podcast is on Apple Podcasts, Pandora and more!#meditation #health #communicating #social #change #wellbeingUNO Souls is a wellbeing organization that centers and nurtures each person so they may blossom into their fuller self.  ✨