ASIAINA Officers & Board of Directors
Nellie Reyes
Nellie Reyes is the Founder of ASIAINA Non-Profit corporation. A Filipino-American Health Information Tech Specialist, Accountant and a Speaker-Author she leads a strong advocacy of uplifting the underserved Asians & diverse minority communities in North America especially women and the youth.
She is passionate to help them find their inner courage and reach their highest potentials by providing them with the necessary tools to create their own systems which are duplicable and proven to work necessary to build their legacies early on in life.
Jocelyn Correa Wing
Founder of Best Town Agents & Optimize Media Marketing. I am here to help aspiring Asian Women entrepreneurs build their business legacy by providing digital marketing services and consultation.
Marketing is everything that you do. It start with how you deal with your family, neighbors, associate and even with the strangers.
Your reputation come in second. Without a good reputation your business can suffer from lack of trust in your marketplace. So, remember that everything you do is marketing.
Your ability to to deal with challenging situation comes third. Outsource the rest.
Susan Vanderburgh
Community Partner
American Society of Community Benefits, President / Board Member April 2022 – Present Recruiting; created community support campaigns; fundraising, volunteer engagement, program design, and event planning United International Elite Pageants,
Titleholder: ASIAINA Queen of the Night 2022 ; Queen of Hearts; Ms. California January 2021 – Present Recruiting; public appearances; created community support campaigns; provided mentoring and training to other titleholders. SCORE Association,
Mentor; Recruiting Co-Chair; Workshop Presenter November 2020 – Present Developed workshop and training programs. Provided mentoring and training to business owners. Campaign support, fundraising, volunteer engagement, and event planning. California State University, Fullerton, Mentor September 2020 – April 2022 Led and moderated meetings with students at California State University, Fullerton through the Center for Entrepreneurship while assisting students launching and marketing real-life client business ventures.
LANGUAGES / INTERESTS Cantonese (native speaker), read/write Spanish and Greek. Writing, languages, computers, photography, real estate, movies
EDUCATION:
CONCORD LAW SCHOOL AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY GLOBAL, CA
Juris Doctor Candidate, August 2024
Activities: Student Bar Association; Role: President; campaign support, fundraising, and event planning
THE COLLEGES OF LAW, Ventura, CA
Juris Doctor Candidate
Activities: Student Bar Association; Role: Class Representative
Blog writer for The Colleges of Law
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, Carson, CA
Master’s in Public Administration, January 2017
Activities: Research Day Competition: “The Role of the City Managers and Their Impact on Society”
Capstone: “The Role of the City Managers and Their Impact on Society”
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Riverside, CA
Conflict Resolution & Mediation (Bus. & Prof. Code § 467.2, et seq.), August 2015
Activities: Resolved conflicts and provided mediation services at small claims courts throughout Riverside County
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS, Redlands, CA
Bachelor of Science in Business, April 2014
Capstone: “Launching a Service Business That Provides Legal Document Preparation, Litigation Support and Service of
Process for Professionals and Small Business Owners”
NATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES INSTITUTE, Moreno Valley, CA
Legal Document Assistant; Legal Assistant/Paralegal, June 2011
Specialization: Bankruptcy, March 2011
Board of Directors
Lisa E. Kirkwood
Lisa E. Kirkwood – The True Stories Merchant, Speaker, Author, and Entrepreneur
She is a “modern Renaissance woman”, multilingual and multicultural “citizen of the world” who came to the USA to pursue the fabled “American Dream”. The author of the science fiction saga The Terran Chronicles: A Voyager in Chronospace, Lisa E. Kirkwood also became a filmmaker, with the goal of ultimately building a Hollywood-type artistic career and a creative legacy in global entertainment.
A first-generation immigrant whose success story can inspire others, she is a transformational thought leader, advocate of women’s leadership and empowerment, and an expert in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
As an award-winning champion of Diversity in corporate America, Lisa E. Kirkwood can share, among other things, new and different perspectives on what Asian cultures mean to the non-Asian people throughout the world.
Angeline Benjamin
Angeline Benjamin is a Motivational Speaker delivering messages on cultural diversity, confidence building, strategic goal setting, and as an Action Coach with Results. She believes in making a difference in people’s lives through mentoring, coaching, and motivating others.
Angeline wrote her first book: ”LIFE LESSONS LEADING TO SUCCESS” in 2020, a contributing author in 2 books: “It’s All About SHOWING UP – the POWER is in the ASKING.” and “LOVE YOUR HATERS.” Besides receiving numerous awards for her work, she currently serves as a Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs board member and Director of the Virtual Network.
Alondra M. De La Torre
Alondra Melendres, titleholder for Miss Fire World USA 2022 is an immigration paralegal, CA public notary, and spokesmodel for social causes. She is currently attending California Baptist University for her bachelor’s in Business and graduated from Riverside City College with an Associates in Social and Behavioral Sciences. She has a passion for justice for everybody regardless of your immigration statues.
Charles H. Nguyen
Counselled family on college funding, getting into the best school with the best price
Consulted family and entrepreneurs on retirement planning
Provide training workshops: Make, Manage, & Multiply Money….
Coached & mentored on Pit to Prosperity
Lenida Balce-Sutton
Director
Outreach Event Partner For Nevada
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Board of Advisors
AnGèle M. Cade
Advisor / Consultant
Aggie Kobrin
Aggie Kobrin is founder and director of CEC Global Events and CEC Global LLC, event and media management companies that have produced excellent results for global clients. With 15 years in the event management industry, CEC Global has demonstrated expertise in areas ranging from conferences, corporate events, and nonprofit and association events locally and globally for hundreds to thousands of participants.
As event producer for the National Space Society Conferences since 2013, CEC Global has produced a dozen conferences, including the International Space Development Conferences and the Space Settlement Conferences. Aggie is director of publications for the society and managing editor of Ad Astra Magazine, she took over the design and management of Ad Astra seeing a need for an improved publication several years ago.
Aggie is a partner in e360tv.com a broadcast network across multiple social media platforms and OTT sites, including Roku, Amazon Fire, and Apple TV. “A Day In Space” the virtual event
scheduled for July 16th, 2020 is produced by the National Space Society and will be broadcast and distributed through that network.
Noel Omega
Advisor
Noel S. V. Omega co-founded the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Los Angeles (FACC-GLA). Noel studied Electronics and Computer Engineering at Cal State L.A. and is currently the CEO of Omega Quadrant, LLC. Noel has diversified business interests in Information Technology outsourcing, Renewable Energy Development, and International trade & investments.
Noel promotes economic empowerment by working with various Filipino-American population hubs in the greater L.A. area and engages the youth to become champions of economic empowerment. Noel currently serves as president emeritus and lifetime advisor for the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Los Angeles and has helped establish various Filipino-American Chambers in Southern California.
Noel’s community leadership includes the Federation of Philippine American Chambers of Commerce/FPACC as Vice President of Public Relations, Kalayaan of Southern California (Chairman Emeritus), Jose P. Rizal Monument Movement, Los Angeles Mission College Foundation (former board member), Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment(Valley VOTE), Leyte-Samar Association, and, continues to speak on behalf of various civic and community interests. Noel also performs as a professional voiceover talent and emcees major events in his spare time.
Noel joined NaFFAA in April 2014 and currently serves as Chairman for Region IX to promote the advancement and empowerment of Filipino-Americans in Southern California.
Raziel Fuentebella-Arcega
Community Partners
Angeline Benjamin
Co-Founding ASIAINA Director Partner for Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs (GSFE) Global Virtual Community Queen Creek, AZ
Angeline Benjamin is a Motivational Speaker delivering messages on cultural diversity, confidence building, strategic goal setting, and as an Action Coach with Results. She believes in making a difference in people’s lives through mentoring, coaching, and motivating others.
Angeline wrote her first book: ”LIFE LESSONS LEADING TO SUCCESS” in 2020, a contributing author in 2 books: “It’s All About SHOWING UP – the POWER is in the ASKING.” and “LOVE YOUR HATERS.” Besides receiving numerous awards for her work, she currently serves as a Global Society for Female Entrepreneurs board member and Director of the Virtual Network.
Dr. Robbie Motter, PhD
Founder & Chairman
Global Society of Female Entrepreneurs (GSFE)
Menifee, CA
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Theresa Guck
Founder of IXXIA Jewelry
Dallas-FW TX
Theresa Guck is the jewelry designer and creator of IXXIA Jewelry. She is also a life coach, pageant coach, and community leader from Longview, Texas.
Theresa designed, manufactured, and created jewelry that was seen in Milan, Paris, London, and Dubai.
Through collaboration with other Filipino Fashion Designers, her work was also seen in Miss Universe Competition and Mrs Philippines World in Hawaii and Australia.
She gained the trust of different title holders like Miss Netherlands Universe, Miss Greece Universe, and many more, where they helped promote her business both on social media and in their countries.
Her design was also spotted in different international publications like Vogue Italia, Marie Claire Spain, and many more.
Her love for serving the community is apparent to the awards she was recognized for like -The volunteer of the Year Award (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011),
Outstanding Mother of the Year 2019(Dallas, Texas), Global Trends Business Excellence Awards — IXXIA Philippine Pride, topnotch providers of quality jewelry in Texas, USA, Global Trends Business Excellence Awards-A Woman of Vision
Top 50 Faces of Success 2021(Philippines), Outstanding Men and Women Awardee 2022(Philippines), and International Business Leader Award 2021.
Nominee for The Outstanding Filipino in America 2021 and Nominee for Humanitarian for Top 100 Outstanding Filipino in Texas 2019.
Together with her family, they received 2 President’s Gold Volunteer Service Awards, one from President Trump in 2019 and a President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award from President Biden in 2022.
Theresa is the advisor of The CUPID Project International Card Giving, Abyan Ko Ikaw(You are my friend) Feeding and gift-giving, Love for Kids Philippines, Tsinelas Ko Para sa Imo(My slipper is yours), and All2Him Ministry.
Theresa is also involved in Promoting Cultural Heritage through arts and fashion. Promoting Learning of different cultures by hosting exchange students from different countries.
Frederick Napule
Pres. /CEO Company 316
Dallas-FW TX
Eric Napule is a current member of PACC North Texas, a Nurse, and an Entrepreneur living in Grand Prairie, TX. An experienced business leader & community leader both locally & abroad.
He owns a company that serves and protects families from the devastating dangers of fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, flood, and freezes. His company, Company 316 Fire and Safety in Texas, comprises hundreds of Independent Contractors worldwide.
He studied BSECE from Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila in Intramuros & BSN graduate from St. Rita College in Manila.
Eric served as one of the local Board of Directors from NTAACA located in Dallas, TX, Lions Club, Rotary Club, and Philippine Nurses Assoc in North TX.
He is a devoted Christian & follows the Four Fundamentals of Life to serve as a Christian, Family, People, and Business. His high passion is to help people and engage himself in diverse communities to nurture cultures, beliefs, and purpose in life and continue to deliver the best life opportunity with GOD as the center of our purpose.
Briza Madueno
Singer-Artist
Los Angeles, CA
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