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In this month’s newsletter, you will find interesting information about our network, past and upcoming events and our exciting plans for the future.
Please continue reading to learn what we have in store for you in February and beyond!
In this issue, you can read about:
- January Event Recap: Set The Stage For Your Best Year Yet, with Sara Basloe
- Get ready for our February Event: Sensory Healing Spices Workshop, with Geri Brown
- A New Chapter for PWNCR: Strategic Planning Update
- PWNCR Members Spotlight: this month, featuring Katya DeLuisa and Gabriela Gutierrez
- PWNCR Engagement and Interest Survey: Don’t forget to complete it before February 10th and get a chance to win amazing prices
- PWNCR membership and merchandise
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January 2025 Event Recap
PWNCR kicked off 2025 with an empowering goal-setting seminar led by Sara Basloe on the 18th of January. Her presentation, “The Momentum Manifesto: Seven Strategic Steps for a Transformative 2025,” equipped attendees with practical tools for reflection and strategic planning. The interactive session focused on gaining clarity through past achievements, building conviction, igniting passion for ambitious goals, and creating actionable GPS (Goals, Purpose, Strategy) plans.
We extend our deepest gratitude to Sara Basloe, Master Result and Mental Fitness Coach, who not only shared her 20+ years of expertise but also demonstrated her generosity by donating her Speaker’s Luncheon and becoming a Premium Member. This additional support truly exemplifies the collaborative spirit of our community.
Sara’s commitment to empowering entrepreneurs through her work as a Certified Master Elite Peak Performance Coach with Tony Robbins has made this session particularly valuable for our members starting their 2025 journey. Thank you, Sara!
February 2025 Event
Don’t forget to SAVE YOUR SPOT !!
Learn ways to use spices to improve your health while delighting your taste buds with Regenerative Organic Farmer Geri Brown.
Geri, together with her husband Rob, has been farming trees and spices in the northern central zone for more than 15 years at their farm Cinco Ramas. Over those years they have taught other aspiring farmers and gardeners the latest and ancient techniques used in regenerative and organic farming, post-harvest processes to ensure the highest quality spices and of course, how spices can be used as medicine.
Geri will share a variety of fresh spices to smell and taste while discussing how each can be used to heal.
Join us and learn more about how Thai Ginger, Lemongrass, Hibiscus, and the 3 queens, Ginger, Turmeric and Black Pepper, can be use not only to bring more joy into meals and drinks but to heal a variety of health conditions.
A New Chapter for PWNCR: Strategic Planning Update
Our President, Muni Figueres Facio, graciously hosted our recent 2025 Strategy meeting at her beautiful home, where the Leadership Team gathered surrounded by nature’s tranquillity to map out PWNCR‘s future.
Two key decisions emerged from our thoughtful discussions:
- First, we’re deepening our commitment to professional development. In the coming months, you’ll notice exciting changes to our event format and programming, all designed to enhance your growth opportunities.
- Second, and most importantly, we want to hear from you! We immediately launched a comprehensive engagement and interest survey to understand what matters most to our community – from preferred event topics and timing to the professional development opportunities you’re seeking. Your input will be invaluable in shaping PWNCR‘s future. Stay tuned for more details about how you can contribute to this important conversation.
PWNCR Members Spotlight
Meet Katya De Luisa
Katya De Luisa arrived in Costa Rica in 1980 with two small children, four bags and $900. She is considered to be one of the country’s early pioneers in Eco-tourism and her work with street children was modeled by PANI, the child welfare. She has been a dementia educator 25 years, and an artist/writer and author of Journey through the Infinite Mind, the Science and Spirituality of Dementia. Katya works voluntarily providing free dementia information talks to local Costa Rican rural communities helping families to understand their loved ones with dementia. Her presentations to expat clubs, groups and events feature aging and memory decline and how to improve memory, slow cognitive loss and prevent dementia.
Her newest enterprise, starting in February, is online Neuro-Art classes, which exercise your brain, improve cognitive function, alleviate stress and increase emotional well-being. Neuro-Art techniques need no prior art experience, they are effortless and
You can contact Katya at +506 8706-0496 or kdeluisa@yahoo.com.
FaceBook: Katya De Luisa: https://www.facebook.
Website: www.
GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.
PWNCR 2025 Engagement and Interest Survey
Please hurry – our strategic planning survey closes on February 10th!
Your mission (should you choose to accept it):
– Invest 5-7 minutes of your time
– Shape the future of professional women’s networking in Costa Rica
– Get a chance to win incredible prizes
Don’t miss your chance to win one of the following prizes:
- Two free-entrance tickets to our upcoming event in March
- One-hour career coaching session with an expert member
- One PWNCR mug
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR PWNCR MEMBERSHIP
PWNCR is an active resource for personal and professional development. We offer monthly networking meetings along with webinars and online workshops, and a mentorship program. Attend our monthly events to network with fellow female solopreneurs and small business owners and develop the communication skills essential for success.
PWNCR can also fuel your personal and professional development by providing:
- An opportunity to develop public speaking and presentation skills. Click here if you want to become a speaker at one of our events.
- A place for non-native English-speakers to develop their professional conversational skills. Join us for our monthly in person events at Tin Jo!
- Mentoring opportunities from a diverse group of successful professional women
- Volunteering opportunities! Being part of the Leadership Team can help you improve on key professional skills like note-taking, event planning, public speaking, fundraising, social media planning and execution of digital marketing strategies as well as practicing your professional English. If you have some available time and would like to contribute, please write to info@pwncr.com and tell us how you could help.
- Promote your business/services in our monthly newsletter. Contact Ana Guerrero, Director of Communications, to place an article about you and your business, service or project in an upcoming newsletter, which reaches over 700 subscribers every month!
Benefits of PWNCR Membership
What’s in it for you? What we know you’ll gain from becoming a member:
- Opportunities to network with other professionals
- Lifelong friendships
- Get collaboration and advice on your projects
- Promote your business using our social media
- Get strategic contacts when needed
- Join our monthly meetings
- Knowledge and education on professional and personal development
- In-person events and workshops
- Opportunities to become a speaker at our meetings
- Become a mentor or receive mentorship
- Opportunities to belong to our Leadership Team
- Join our WhatsApp group
- Increased job opportunities
- Webinars and virtual workshops
Membership is only ¢20.000 per year or ¢50.000 for a 3-year membership. Under this scheme, you pay an additional fee of ¢3,000 for each event you attend.
A Premium Membership is now available for ¢30.000 per year. Under this scheme, you may attend all events for FREE.
Join us, won’t you?
Payment information: Please connect with Rommy for bank transfer information.
Email Rommy, our Director of Membership!
PWNCR MERCHANDISE!
Get your PWNCR merchandise. Help us spread the word about this amazing community…while supplies last! You can purchase these items at our next event.
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The Professional Women’s Network of Costa Rica is dedicated to guiding and empowering women through educating, networking, mentoring, and friendship – to love the life they live and create a life they love!
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