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Natasha Pongonis

ConferencesEventsPresentations
March 21, 2019

Community Conversations at SXSW

My journey at SXSW began on March 8th and there’s no better way to celebrate International Women's Day than by doing something I absolutely love, sharing my story as a female entrepreneur! Southwest Airlines brought together…
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Future of Multicultural Marketing
EventsMulticultural Marketing
January 8, 2019

The Future of Multicultural Marketing in the U.S.

As co-founders of both Nativa and OYE! Business Intelligence, my partner Eric Diaz and I spend a signficant amount of time attending and speaking at conferences nationwide. Several months ago I was invited to speak…
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Data Driven InsightsMulticultural Retail Marketing
November 29, 2018

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Multicultural Insights 2018

Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2018 Each year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are highly anticipated shopping events for all US consumers and retailers. In the case of Black Friday, it is increasingly becoming an online shopping event perhaps…
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Conferences
September 5, 2016

Multicultural Retailers: Q&A with Tracy Galindo of Jewel-Osco and Albertsons

With only two weeks left for the Multicultural Retail 360 Summit, we had the opportunity to have a one-on-one interview session with Tracy Galindo, Marketing Consultant at Jewel-Osco and Albertsons to learn more about her…
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Conferences
March 28, 2016

A Look inside Multicultural Retail 360 Summit 2016

The week of March 21st I had the opportunity to interview Don Longo, Editorial Director of Convenience Store News, CSNews for the Single Store Owner and Multicultural Retail 360. Our agency, Nativa, is proud to be a media…
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ConferencesMulticultural MarketingPresentations
August 29, 2014

Hispanic Marketers Perspective: 2014 National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media

Natasha Pongonis presenting at the 8th annual CDC National Conference on Health Communication. My First CDC Conference Last week I attended the 8th annual CDC National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media. I was…
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Multicultural MarketingMulticultural TrendsPolitical Outreach
April 4, 2014

Q&A: With PEW Research Center’s Director of Hispanic Research – Part II

During my one-on-one interview with Mark Hugo Lopez, we discussed a variety of topics regarding Hispanics in America, education, politics and current trends that are shaping America from a demographic to a social standpoint. This…
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Multicultural MarketingMulticultural Trends
March 21, 2014

Q&A: With Pew Research Center’s Director of Hispanic Research – Part I

In early March I had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC; I enjoy visiting this vibrant city, walking alongside Richard Romanesque and Queen Ann homes next to modern office buildings and usually getting lost…
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Multicultural MarketingMulticultural Retail Marketing
April 1, 2013

Women and Online Purchasing Power

Lately, there has been a lot of buzz surrounding Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg as both are women in high-powered roles. Perhaps, some of the debate had something to do with last…
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