History
How a reunion among friends turned into a great association…
MIP Cancun in November 2016, with the blue Caribbean waters as a magnificent scenario, a group of women from our industry meets for Ana Barreto’s bachelorette`s party.
Liliam Hernández, Gema López from Universal Cinergia and Cecilia Gómez de la Torre from Tondero choose the Mip Cancun market as the perfect moment to organize it.
History
How a reunion among friends turned into a great association…
It all started in Cancun in November 2016, when a group of about 12 friends met for Ana Barreto’s bachelorette party in “PERICOS”, women from our industry who were attending Mip Cancún.
Liliam Hernández, Gema López from Universal Cinergia and Cecilia Gómez de la Torre from Tondero had organized it.
To be a global platform of collaboration and to build an active network, where our associates feel identified as part of a successful group of professionals.
To be a meeting point that connects women in the audiovisual industry to share experiences and knowledge to strengthen and empower the role of women and their development in the industry.
1. Maintain active relationships, generating a network of collaborative contacts.
2. Create a space to share experiences and knowledge about our industry.
3. Reinforce and empower the role of women and their development as professionals.
4. Relax and enjoy good times together.
Values
Leadership: Raise our capabilities and build a better future.
Collaboration: Enhance our collective talent.
Ethics: Be authentic.
Quality: Do things well.
Diversity: Generate a global collaborative network.
Commitment: Put all the passion and enthusiasm in this work.
Values
Leadership: Raise our capabilities and build a better future.
Collaboration: Enhance our collective talent.
Ethics: Be authentic.
Quality: Do things well.
Diversity: Generate a global collaborative network.
Commitment: Put all the passion and enthusiasm in this work.
Values
Leadership: Raise our capabilities and build a better future.
Collaboration: Enhance our collective talent.
Ethics: Be authentic.
Quality: Do things well.
Diversity: Generate a global collaborative network.
Commitment: Put all the passion and enthusiasm in this work.
Renowned business woman with 38 years of experience in the audiovisual industry.
President and CEO of Universal Cinergia Dubbing and Universal Labs of America. Liliam has a degree in Business Administration in Florida.
Recognized executive with 25 years of experience in the audiovisual industry. Cecilia was Programming, Fiction, Acquisitions and International Sales Manager of Frecuencia Latina, important Peruvian TV channel. She was in charge of the production of more than 40 series and telenovelas.
Gema Lopez received her Law degree in 2003 in her native country Nicaragua. She started working at Universal Labs of America in 2007, learning with her CEO and now business partner Liliam Hernández about all the post-production area, both operative and executive.
Undoubtedly, this space created by women for women has become a fundamental tool to create collaboration and business ties among women who are part of the exciting industry of television and film. In this sense, this great women’s association will allow us to strengthen and show what various studies around the world confirm, which is, that organizations that count on women in leadership positions register not only higher returns of social capital and obtain higher valuations, they are also 15% to 30% more profitable (Noland, Moran & Kotschawar, 2016), with better financial results and more equitable.
For me it is great to belong to WAWA, because it is a key space for the positioning my company and the exchange of knowledge and experiences that strengthen the capacities of women from different parts of the world. It is a network that will allow us to create better corporate practices and new businesses. We hope that more and more women are part of this great initiative.
It is important because women in the industry are a power. Because we HAVE to have an organization that supports us more. Being part of this organization makes me feel proud of my professional career and happy to be part of this wonderful group.
I would like WAWA to be a strategic alliance among the women of the industry, to expand our connections and the possibility of increasing business. Leave aside the competition, and unite, for the personal and professional growth of each one, since we can create a great female movement that will create lots to talk about.
I am very proud to be included in such a wonderful group of Professional Women! As a woman who has spent her entire career in the region dominated by Latin American men, as many of my WAWA colleagues, I think it is important that all of us present a united front and serve as an example for the next and young women to enter in our industry. The camaraderie and the support of other professional women is undoubtedly at the forefront of our society today. Thank you WAWA!
