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Mildred Espinoza, General Manager/Correspondant at South-South News, New-York City

Who is Mildred Espinoza ?

Mildred Espinoza is a two time Emmy-Award Winning Television Executive and the General Manager/Correspondent at South-South News. She is the recipient of a Silver Medal from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation presented to her by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Correspondent’s Association Ceremony. This award recognized her coverage on Climate Change – “Sustainable Tourism” in Roatán, Honduras.

Mildred is a Journalist with more than a decade of training working in print, radio, television and digital platforms in New York and abroad. She has conducted numerous interviews with high level government officials from various parts of the world on Millennium Development Goals initiatives addressing education, gender equality, climate change, economic and sustainable development among other topics geared toward raising awareness about the Millennium Development Goals and the United Nations. She was recently invited by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women to be the Master of Ceremonies and speaker on “Reshaping Views of Women in Work, in Life and the Media,” at 27th BPW International Congress, Helsinki, Finland under the Patronage of the President of Finland, Tarja Halonen.

Espinoza is the Founder of Mildred Communications a public relations and media company. In the past, she worked as Executive Producer for NBC/Telemundo, overseeing the Special Projects & Investigative Units. Her department was responsible for the production of special-coverage events such as hurricanes, presidential elections, inaugurations, September 11th anniversaries, half-hour entertainment specials and community outreach campaigns.

Espinoza has worked in a multitude of media outlets. Prior to working for NBC/Telemundo, she was a producer for the Pat Buchanan & Bill Press show at MSNBC and Ron Insana of CNBC. In print, she worked for Crain Communications; there Espinoza was involved with two of our nation’s top publications in the pension fund industry. In radio, she produced, wrote and was a contributing reporter for the morning news show for Spanish Broadcasting Systems in New York. She has also worked as a reporter for Mega TV and as a correspondent for Guatevision.

An advocate for education and women empowerment, she is the recipient of a humanitarian award presented to by Mission International Rescue.  Espinoza has participated in numerous programs mentoring high school students and spends a substantial amount of her time sharing her professional experience as a motivational speaker at colleges. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from New York University.  Her motto is “Atrévete y Supérate.” (Reinventing Yourself!)