Negocios Now

www.negociosnow.com Junio 2022 5 BUSINESS LAURA MULLER Creator Las Recetas de Laura Laura Muller is a Mexican immigrant mom who started her YouTube channel "Las Recetas de Laura" 10 years ago to teach people how to cook Mexican food in a healthier way. Her recipes are specialized for people with diabetes and high cholesterol. She creates content in Spanish and English for a community of over 3 million followers and talks about her own experience dealing with overweight and how people of any size can have an active and healthy life. ADELA ORTEGA Founder and CEO Professional Locomotive Services, Inc. Adela Ortega has much in common with the very locomotives she rebuilds. She is a determined woman who pulls life's train along, overcoming all obstacles on the track to success. When she founded Professional Locomotive Services, Inc. (PLS) in 1996 in Illinois, her business path had not been all that smooth. Today, the company is based in East Chicago, Indiana, and over twenty years old. EVE RODRIGUEZ MONTOYA CEO Rodriguez Media Communications Inc. Eve Rodriguez Montoya is president and CEO of Rodriguez Media Communications Inc., a bilingual firm established to assist clients looking to elevate and expand their brand, product, mission, or service in the fastest growing market. Montoya has over 20 years of experience and expertise in communications and public affairs from the public and private sectors. She has worked directly for two mayoral administrations in Chicago and has managed press for major city departments. MARCO ROMERO President Ibuilders Corp July 2022 marks the 9th anniversary of Ibuilders. In his early career, Romero worked labor- intensive jobs such as UPS truck loader and later on as a union carpenter. He found inspiration in the entrepreneurial spirit of people around him and with a degree in construction management started Ibuilders. He advocates for education and wants to extend that benefit to talented individuals so they have the same opportunity for a better life that he's had. ELVIA SOLIS Agent State Farm Elvia Solis started her career with State Farm 26 years ago as a receptionist, and in 2006 she opened her own State Farm agency without any clients. Her agency grew quickly, and she and her team now have two locations, one in Pilsen and the other in McKinley Park. Solis was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, and came to Chicago when she was 18. She worked full-time and earned a bachelor's degree from DePaul University.

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