FERNANDA MONTIEL: First Hispanic Woman Champion Off-Road Races
Fernanda Montiel, is the first Hispanic Woman Rider to ever win a Baja Championship and a rising star in off-road racing. She is a first generation Polaris Racing México rider and she is rapidly becoming an icon in off-road racing. Born in San Diego from Mexican parents native of Tecate, Baja California, México, Fernanda Montiel’s passion for racing started at a very young age in her father’s garage and has not stopped ever since. At only 25 years old, Fernanda ...
NAIAN GONZÁLEZ NORVIND | SHINES WITH HER PERFORMANCE IN CORINA ...
NAIAN GONZÁLEZ NORVIND, shined in the film Corina, a film that received the SXSW Global Audience Award at the SXSW FIlm Festival in Austin, Texas, and on April 29, a month later, Naian received the Diosa de Plata Award in México as best actress for her performance in Corina. DIosa de Plata is a film award granted annually by the Mexican Film Journalists Association (PECIME) in recognition of professionals and excellence in the Mexican film industry. Naian González Norvind is ...
URZULA BARBA HOPFNER | MEXICAN FILM DIRECTOR | LAUDED WITH ...
URZULA BARBA HOPFNER, film director from Guadalajara, Jalisco, México, was lauded with Global Audience Award at the SXSW 2025 Film Festival with the U.S. premiere of her film CORINA. Urzula Barba Hopfner wrote the screenplay with Samuel Sosa, accompanied by the steady pulse of music by Andrés Sánchez Maer and Gus Reyes. The costume design, by Ana Barroso, is refreshingly modern and the story is filmed in one of Guadalajara’s oldest and most beautiful neighborhoods. The bounty of this visual ...
YARITZA VÉLIZ | THE VOICE THAT ELEVATES PUCCINI IN LA ...
Soprano Yaritza Véliz arrives in Houston from Coquimbo, Chile to perform the voice of Mimi, the title character in La Bohème by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. This timeless tale is one of the most passionate love stories in opera. Yaritza Véliz’s dedication to the audience from the stage is complete. Her rich, bright, melodious soprano voice and stage presence capture our hearts, one of her triumphant trademarks. Yaritza’s story is inspiring and she has already made her mark as the ...
YARITZA VÉLIZ | LA VOZ QUE ELEVA A PUCCINI ...
La soprano Yaritza Véliz llega a Houston desde Coquimbo, Chile por la puerta grande interpretando la voz de Mimi, personaje principal en La Bohème del compositor italiano Giacomo Puccini. Sin duda una de las historias de amor más apasionadas en la ópera. La entrega de Yaritza Véliz en el escenario hacia la audiencia es total. Su voz de soprano rica, brillante y melodiosa te llega al corazón, así como su capacidad de interpretación escénica, una de sus marcas triunfales. La historia ...
Dusty Days and Neon Nights: A Woman’s First with the ...
Danielle Becker, English Editor of La Revista Mujer driving the Polaris RZR Pro S for the first time at CampRZR in Glamis, California.
LILA ABED | First Woman Director of the México Institute ...
LILA ABED was a White House correspondent for NTN24 prior to her work at the Wilson Center. She is a collaborator at Radio Fórmula and a weekly columnist for El Heraldo de México and Opinion 51. Abed has worked in various public institutions including Mexican embassies in Canada and the United Kingdom. LILA ABED was the General Director for International Cooperation at México’s Office of the Attorney General and was the Secretary of International affairs for the Partido Revolucionario Institucional’s ...
GUSTAVO VILDÓSOLA | MEXICAN ENTREPRENEUR | OFF- ROAD RACER NAMED ...
Gustavo Vildósola, a successful Mexican entrepreneur CEO of MEXLOG and the first Mexican racer to win the off-road Baja 1,00 championship has been recently appointed Ambassador of Polaris, including an exclusive content shoot showcasing how Polaris’s RZR and GENERAL products support his “Tough Doesn’t Quit” mindset. WHO IS GUSTAVO VILDÓSOLA? GUSTAVO or “TAVO” as his family and friends affectionately call him, was born and raised in Mexicali, Baja California México with a bicultural background growing up with the duality of ...
Riding the Dream | My 159 mph Hot Lap with ...
Every year on my birthday, I challenge myself to do something I’ve never done before. This year, I found myself gripping the edges of a Suzuki GSX-R1000R Superbike, perched on the back of the bike, with retired professional racer Chris Ulrich as my driver. It was a thrill-seeker’s dream come true—an experience I had to share with my fellow mujeres. Danielle gearing up for the main event The Road to This Moment My passion for motorcycles was ignited on my ...
RICHIE ESCALANTE | RETURNS STRONGER THAN EVER TO MOTOAMERICA AFTER ...
Richie Escalante, Mexican Superbike rider, returns to MotoAmerica at COTA with the Hammer Team after a serious accident last March in Atlanta. We are happy to see him recovering and proud to know that he continues to demonstrate his talent. Richie Escalante won third place in the podium in the first race at COTA last week. Richie Escalante’s race in 2024. In 2024, Richie Escalante raced a state-of-the-art Suzuki GSX-R750 in the Daytona 200-mile race as part of the Hammer ...