We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Estefania Iglesias a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Estefania with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?
My parents, My dad died when I was 9 years old he was a Doctor and he would take me with him to underserved areas to check on patients never charged them anything, one time a very old lady gave me money for his fees and told me don’t tell him yet hide it until you get home sometimes up to 2 hours he would drive to visit them, when I told him half way he got so mad and drove back to give her money back. My dad never charged an underprivileged person, that was his passion helping others specially the ones who needed it the most
My mom was 32 when she was widowed. She went back to study at a University 5 hours from our city she would study then take a bus to take the exams and come back to our city to care for us three.
Then she graduated with honors as a lawyer within a few years of hard working and dedication she became a Family Jude in a small town 330 Kms away from our city for several years until finally she was offered to take the Family Judge position in our city and she worked there for 13 years until she retired.
However she still teaches at the Catholic University until today.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Estefania Iglesias started her career on television at an early age in her native Argentina, when hosting the show”Rock and Sport” on America TV a position she earned after completing several studies of social communication at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. After she moved to Mexico City, where she continued her career as an international high fashion model for magazines, catwalks, catalogs, commercials, and work that led to work in countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Turkey, Brazil, Uruguay, St Maarten, St Barts, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Peru, Chile, and United States.
Iglesias arrived in Los Angeles and focused on perfecting the lessons learned from theater and performance studies at the academy (ACT ) of the acting school, theater, and American Television.
With over 3.000 commercial to her credit and five awards for “Best Actress” at various international film festivals, we can see her in movies such as “Down For Life ” with Danny Glover and Kate del Castillo, ” Spread” with Ashton Kutcher, “Bad Cop ” with David Carradine, “The Red Door”, “Djinn”, “Rain of Freedom” among others.
She also worked for E! Entertainment Television in “E! Specials ” for all Latin America.
In her desire to always be better prepared for the weather , Iglesias graduated from the University of Barcelona in Meteorology and Oceanographer.
She also graduated from Michigan State University in Journalism.
Estefania Iglesias has been nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award.
Not only she has more than 20 years of experience in front of the camera but also producing TV, Radio, Commercials, and Films.
In her spare time, Estefania collaborates with noble causes and does volunteer work with organizations that support the Latino community, receiving several recognitions and awards from the City of Los Angeles, The City of Lynwood, The Legislative Assembly of California, and The Mayor Eric Garcetti for her hard work and dedication empowering and motivating Latinas in our communities. In addition to speaking Spanish and English, she is fluent in Italian.
She is Currently studying Business at Harvard University Business School Online while working full time as a meteorologist in the prime time newscast for Univision Nevada.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Stray true to yourself, keep working hard and do the right thing, even if it seems like nothing is changing, eventually you will see it, and every sacrifice that you made it will be worth it.
Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
I am always open to collaborate with colleagues, or people in the industry that wants to work in a fun project, or helping the community, empowering people.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: estefaniaiglesias
- Facebook: estefaniaiglesiastv
- Linkedin: estefaniaiglesias
Image Credits
Alfredo Widman Photos
