News
News
2011
- Mercedes becomes one of five blog ambassadors for Kmart
(AdverstingAge.com article) - Featured in AOL Latino on entrepreneurial story about BeChicMag.com
- Featured in La Cosmpolatina
- Served as fashion panelist at second annual Hispanicize conference in
Los Angeles - Mercedes hosts beauty twitter parties
- Launches #BeChicTuesday- photo series which invites readers to share their looks
2010
- Mercedes holds her first fundraiser with Celebrity Makeup Artist Jackie Gomez to benefit the Cornelia Connelly Center, an all-girl middle school in the Lower East Side that gives its students access to high school and college. See video here.
- Producers for The Apprentice choose Mercedes an alternate candidate for the show’s fall 2010 season.
- Mercedes interviews Anna Wintour for BeChicTV
- Procter and Gamble invites 11 “online beauty influencers” to its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio- Mercedes is among the group to get an exclusive look at the P&G science labs!
2009
- Best Local Blog Finalist in Mashable.com‘s Third Annual Open Web Awards
- Best Latina Blogger in Latinos in Social Media Awards
- Recognized as notable alum in communications at the Le Moyne College Presidential Reception in Tavern on the Green
2008
Mercedes becomes segment and field producer for two nationally-syndicated television shows at LATV.
2007
March: Accepts a one-year contract as production assistant and segment producer at WNBC-TV’s Emmy award-winning morning show “Today In New York”.
2006
September: Joins the Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion’s Communications team as Deputy Press Secretary.
September: Launches www.BeChicMag.com.
2005
Becomes Features Writer at New York Post’s Tempo section.
