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Yvette Benarroch moved to Florida from her birth country of Puerto Rico in 2003. She currently lives in Marco Island, Florida with her husband Albert Benarroch, two sons Zachary (14) and Daniel (12) Benarroch, and their 3-year-old Golden Retriever Rocky. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Interamerican University of Puerto Rico and a master’s degree in New Media and Communications from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a United States Air Force Veteran having served from 1990-1992 during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Yvette is the co-owner of Affordable Landscaping Service & Design, LLC, a full-service landscaping company serving the Naples and Marco Island Area. Passionate about nature and the environment she furthered her education in the fields of Horticulture, Arboriculture and Entomology earning her certifications in each one of those fields. She is also a certified trainer in the Florida Green Industries Best Management Practices helping educate workers in that industry.

Her love and gratitude for this country encouraged her to become more involved in politics. She is currently the Hispanic Outreach Director for the Collier County Republican Executive Committee, Committeewoman for Collier County Precinct 190 and a member of the Collier County Campaign 2020 Committee. Yvette was instrumental in opening the Collier & Lee County Chapter of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly in August of 2019 and was elected as the Chairwoman for the organization. Yvette is a member at large for the Florida Federated Republican Women Executive Committee and the Chair for the Diversity Committee. In her free time Yvette loves to play tennis, ballroom dance, help the community and spend time with her family.

Born 1963 in Ecuador, raised in Queens New York and moved to Florida in 1997. I open my marble business in 2000 here in Florida and been doing it ever since. My two sons have ownership of it now. I also am a vegan/ plant base and exercise influencer. I have lost lots of weight and reversed my diabetes type 2. True wealth is good health.

Ludmila Woodruff is a Certified Life Coach who works with high-achieving women who desire to create calm and confidence in their chaotic lives through 1:1 coaching. Her clients are typically successful in their professional life and want to take the chaos out of their personal lives so they can thrive in their marriage and motherhood just as well as they thrive in their careers.

Ludmila has lived across four countries & cultures and speaks four languages. She has earned a Masters degree in Translation, completed training in Intercultural Communication, and acquired additional education and certifications in nutrition and fitness.

Ludmila currently resides in Tampa, Florida with her husband and their two sons.

Giselle McNab has been figuring out life on her own since the age of fourteen. Her young life was marred by a disturbed, troubled, and volatile childhood. This rocky beginning led to years that spiraled with uncertainty. Despite that, she found the strength and courage to recreate her life, in order to better herself and the life of her daughters. Upon receiving her bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida, Giselle worked in finance for a Fortune 500 company, and is Six-Sigma certified, specializing in improvement methodologies. She uses her free time to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity and coordinates One Blood drives. She also volunteers at non-profits that focus on helping women escaping domestic violence situations. Hearing the stories of others who have fought for their survival fuels her passion for helping others overcome and rise up from rock bottom. Giselle finds her inner peace at the ocean but her true happy place is at home, where she enjoys cooking and gardening. She and her husband reside in Tampa, FL, and share a happy, blended family of six children.

For as long as she can remember, Paulee Bowen has been interested in art, writing, and creative arts. Like many women, Paulee Bowin experienced bullying as a teenager, and was surprised to see it happen outside of the schoolroom, too She has taken the lessons she learned, and her creative spirit, and used that to become her best self, something she puts into her art and her words. It IS About You will help you grow into the best version of yourself, and then use that strength to inspire other women to do the same! She currently works in the insurance industry and lives in Florida. To pick up your copy of Ms. Bowin Book https://nowscpress.com/product/it-is-about-you/ #ItISAboutYou

This former tech CEO founded one of the first telecommunications professional services firms in the United States when she was twenty-seven years old. She brought this company to market, building offices in Seattle and Portland before selling and moving into publishing in 2014. Her first book, “Never Drink Coffee During a Business Meeting” was featured on a West Coast Barnes & Noble book tour in the summer of 2017. She also co-authored the book “My Calendar is Written in Crayon” and soon to be released “90 Day Author”. Ms. Garcia is now Chief Operating Officer and an equity partner NOW Publishing, a multi-genre publishing house located in the Tampa area. She is a mother of two daughters, ages 13 & 15, part of the SMILE ministry at City Life Church in Tampa, and is devoted to her family and her church. She ran a full marathon, golfs, plays the violin and piano, and is a USTA tennis maniac. Ms. Garcia believes Jesus is the head of her household.