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Inola Mapp has over 12 years of experience in her current field. She is an Economist for Prodes. She has had a long successful career and worked in community development for over 30 years. She taught Economic Policy at Latina University for over 12 years. Currently she teaches English and Educational Investigation at ISAE Universidad Panama. She has written numerous articles on women in the future and women’s empowerment. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Education from the Universidad de Panamá from 2000.

She was a Technical Trainer for U.S. Peace Corps – Panama from 2000 – 2005.   She also did work for the Panamanian government in agriculture and trade. She has also written about gender development and Panamanian African descendants. Her vision for the future is to write a book about Education. In the next few years she would like to continue what she is currently doing. She is looking forward to networking and connecting with other like-minded professionals, and to gaining the recognition and credibility of being a member.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Inola Mapp, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Educational leader and pioneer Dr. Patricia Castellanos is a bilingual entrepreneur, researcher and executive based in Guatemala. As Founder and CEO of the Centro de Audición (CEDAF), a center that provides audiological services, she has grown the organization to serve on the international scale.
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Having been introduced to the audiological services and education field during a study abroad program, Patricia is driven by a passion for giving those who may otherwise have never known the gift of hearing a chance to listen in and join the larger conversation. She established CEDAF in 1990, and also started the Smiles that Listen Foundation, to make it possible for those who cannot afford hearing devices to have access to these life-changing tools and opportunities.
 
Hands on in her management style, Patricia oversees every aspect of her businesses, from patient care to finance, and ensures the quality of service and operations remain at the highest quality. Her work has been published in “Audiology without Borders,” Audiology in Developing Countries (CH. 10), and featured in the 2015 ENT NEWS.
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Patricia holds an AuD in Audiology from the University of Florida EEUU, and a master’s in Education of the Hearing Impaired from Gallaudet University. In addition to being a lifetime member of the WNA, she is affiliated with Global Audiology, Worldwide Association of Notable Alumni, and the American Academy of Audiology.
 
Women’s Networking Association Member Patricia Castellanos, AuD can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Caroline Bilen is the CEO and founder of the compass health consultancy, a consulting, training and coaching company she founded to provide safe care excellence blueprint to empower healthcare professionals and organizations with the knowledge and skills of to improve health performance and outcomes to achieve Zero harm. .

She has a medical background with more than 25 years extensive experience in outpatient and in-patient care management and a certified trainer for Infection Control, patient safety program and JCI program “Safety in Surgical Services.

She has 15 years international experience in training healthcare professionals to elevate clinical standard of care. Additionally, she worked with healthcare authorities, senior and executive’s management teams, using design thinking approach to develop strategic frameworks, clinical guidelines, innovation programs to improve patient safety and outcomes in healthcare organization in Central East Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Caroline has held the position of operating room nursing manager and demonstrated a proven record of success in leading and managing perioperative efficiency and turn over in operating room, education, physician relations and patient safety.

From the establishment of “Home Care Lebanon” she was leading the healthcare team and responsible for patient safety as the Director of Nursing Services, driving care excellence.

Her latest assignment was as Scientific Affairs and Education Manager for 3M medical solution in CEE & MEA regions. Through her unique ability, she innovated and developed Infection Prevention University, a branded unified educational platform, to build competency of regional clinical teams, assisting them in elevating their knowledge and practical skills.

Caroline is passionate about patient safety and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker and moderator at international and national symposia. She is a published author and her work has been broadly distributed and quoted in the media.

When she is not engaged with work, Caroline loves fishing and enjoy traveling and walking in the nature.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Caroline Bilen, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Pilar Valdes is the founder, owner and CEO of Welcome Bees, a strategic development company focused on opening new markets in linguistic services for children in primary and secondary school. She works together with different schools across Spain and native language speakers to teach kids how to communicate in English and French. The programs usually last 3 to 7 days depending on the package that the schools pick, and generally functions as an educational sleep away camp, because not only do the kids learn, but they are also accommodated with a place to sleep and eat while doing the program.

Previously, Pilar worked as a director for an international school and realized that many of the teachers who taught in English and French were native speakers of these languages. This gave her the idea that not only should kids in international schools be learning from native speakers, but that also in other schools language should be taught by native English and French speakers, to make it easier for students to learn by speaking with someone fluent in the language.

Pilar holds a Master’s degree in Touristic Quality from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (2006) as well as a Master’s in Hotel Management from the University of Murtia (2011). She is a member of a local professional association for businesswomen, and has spoken at conferences due to her job in the regional government. Additionally, she has received multiple regional awards and has had articles published in quality systems in the years of 2004 to 2006.

Looking ahead, Pilar plans to transitions away from her job with the regional government so that she can be committed to Welcome Bees full-time and take it to the international level– not only teaching local Spanish students English and French, but also being able to teach students from other countries. She credits her success to hard work, dedication and passion.

Women’s Networking Association Member, Pilar Valdes, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.
 
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Marguerite Southwell is a Health, Wellness and Lifestyle Coach. As a Coach  Marguerite aligns herself with Herbalife Nutrition to provide the best 100% natural nutrition programs in the world to a wide range of clients. From weight management, Energy and Health, to Sports Nutrition and Lifestyle income, they do it all.

She sets up new divisions locally, nationally and internationally to share the benefits of great nutrition and to build a future Royalty based income. Living in New Zealand in this role, Marguerite brings a genuine passion for assisting others as well as unmatched access to the top nutritionists and scientific resources  and doctors in nutrition globally.

Before she started on her Herbalife Journey to bring about healthier aging, she suffered with a lot of pain and discomfort. She has always been physically active but after a sports injury at 18 years old she developed osteoarthritis, and her body was not allowing her the lifestyle she wanted. Having a healthy food plan was not enough. She was introduced to Herbalife Nutrition 8 years ago. The cellular nutrition program changed everything. As she was getting older her body got healthier, and she no longer has the pain and discomfort. She is able to continue the healthy active lifestyle she enjoys.

Along with using her inner nutrition program she also uses the Herbalife skincare program. As the years have advanced her skin looks better now at 61 years old than ever before. 100% Natural skin nutrition program has been fantastic. Her skin has changed considerably. It is healthier with ageing lines reduced and the texture healthier as well.

Moving forward, Marguerite hopes to continue growing her clientele and to help others in Health and lifestyle and build along with likeminded people a Royalty based income, sharing the benefits of Healthy ageing from the early teens onwards. She plans to network internationally with others who want health, wellness, and a secure a financial future and a healthy active lifestyle.

When not engaged with work, Marguerite enjoys traveling, reading, gardening, tramping, and spending lots of time with family. Also a passionate philanthropist, she works to raise money for around 150 Herbalife CASA programs for underprivileged children throughout the world owned and funded by Herbalife Nutrition and funded by members. Find out more by visiting https://www.facebook.com/HerbalifeOfficial/ti=as, or contact Marguerite at mc.nutritionstop@gmail.com.

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