About Us
We are a holistic and inclusive platform that helps women of color create and grow sustainable businesses that aid in ending the generational wealth gap. We do this by providing up-to-date tools for entrepreneurs to thrive in our current marketplace. We have identified the need to bring more diversity and resources to small businesses run by women of color. That’s why we partner our members with institutions and sponsors to create a variety of opportunities that will bridge the generational wealth gap in communities of color within one generation cycle.
Since 2018, NYC Celebrates Women has…
- Provided online educational resources to over 300,000 women of Color Entrepreneurs
- Shared grant opportunities to over 130,000 women of color entrepreneurs
- Created 4 successful conferences with over 580 attendees.
- Honored 45 women of color entrepreneurs during in-person conferences.
- Highlighted over 120 women of color entrepreneurs through our social platforms.
- Provided over $13,500 in funding to non-profits through events partnerships.
Our 7 Foundational Pillars Of Wealth
We are here to support you when you feel burnt out, isolated or simply out of creativity. When you join us you become part of a network of resources and a pool of women entrepreneurs offering their expertise as well as to connect them as mentors. Together we can forge a better future for all women of color entrepreneurs, to lift up the greatness in each of you, emerging into a bold and unapologetic entrepreneur ready to tackle any challenges and implement the tools handed in each encounter with the NYCCW in order to thrive.
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Meet The Leadership & Founding Team
Nathalie Tejada
Nathalie Tejada is the founder and CEO of Generating Results, LLC. In this capacity, she has the mission to build the next philanthropic model so that the less privileged communities can have the opportunity to succeed. At an early age, Nathalie understood the power of serving others intentionally through observing her grandmother, Genoveva Mejia, the first entrepreneur she met supporting others less fortunate back in her country. Thanks to her grandmother, she decided to dedicate her life to raising funds for noble causes and to start her own business. Also, this process inspired Nathalie to create NYC Celebrates Women with the intention to serve women of color entrepreneurs.
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During the day, Nathalie is the Corporate Relations Director at the National Kidney Foundation. Prior to that, she was an Associate Director of Development, Corporate & Foundation Relations at Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Health System. In addition, Nathalie served as Director of Development, Public, and Government Relations at Astor Services for Children & Families. Nathalie Tejada has more than a decade of experience working with various organizations across nonprofit sectors such as healthcare, higher education, and social service institutions.
Nathalie also volunteers for organizations dedicated to creating an equitable and just future for women and families. She was a member of the Committee for the Future and the Grant Advisory Committee at the New York Women’s Foundation. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, Host Committee Member at Sadie Nash, and Member of the Gala Benefit Committee at the Dominican Women’s Development Center.
Nathalie has a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Latin American Studies and a master’s degree in Public Administration from the City University of New York-John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Eliana Cruz
Eliana is a native New Yorker, writer, and public servant. She considers herself fortunate enough to witness the magic and strength of New York City women throughout every phase of her life. As a journalist and editorial writer, she has documented first-hand the rising impact of women running businesses and organizations in her community. There is no doubt that her pride in her city drives this project. This city has undoubtedly embraced and protected many cultures and creeds; however, there is still a disparity between the success of women of color business owners and their counterparts.
Eliana believes that women work with their souls and instill an essence of themselves in everything they do. This lends itself to innovative ideas for business and community enrichment. Our goal at NYC Celebrates Women is to support these ideas with tangible resources.
This project is not only for a female audience. We welcome everyone to think about how the women we represent, women of color, are part of a greater network of feminine power within our communities. We strive not only to help cultivate a stronger bottom line for their business but to highlight other qualities as well, including creativity, nurture, innovation, compassion, understanding, enterprise, and intelligence.
Genie Pimentel
Genie Pimentel is a single Dominican mother of two young adults. She came to the United States at the age of three. For the past 16 years, Mrs. Pimentel has worked as a Member Account Manager at the Harmonie Club, which is a private social club in NYC. She is also a representative for Ron Colon Salvadoreño.
Founded in 1852, the club is the second oldest social club in New York. Genie loves donating her time by helping others. She became involved in the field of philanthropy 10 years ago when her dad passed away from Type 1 Diabetes. Since then she has hosted fundraising events and donated her time and energy to the following nonprofits and foundations:
Step out Diabetes Walk, Alzheimer Association, the Dominican Women’s Development Center (DWDC) and now Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC). Her passion is to make a difference in the world.
Alba Mota
Alba Mota is an international and local community and cultural activist, yoga instructor, and healer. Furthermore, she is an interpreter and language justice educator for more than a decade. Ms. Mota has co-organized hundreds of cultural, fundraising, social justice forums and spiritual retreats in the United States, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Peru, Honduras and Guatemala. In 2008, she co-founded the Border Health Mission (BHM) in the border region with Haiti and the bateyes of the Dominican Republic, coordinating quality medical care, food and medicines distribution, educational workshops, yoga and permaculture projects.
The same year, she created the Dominican-Haitian project at Columbia University in New York City, which successfully organized two solidarity dialogues for the Haitian/Dominican diasporas in the U.S. and on the island. Ms Mota also worked directly with the indigenous and Afro-indigenous populations in Guatemala and Peru on racial identity, racism and the economic impact of the U.S. on the Latin American Free Trade Agreement.
She is currently working on her latest project on holistic/quantum health to heal body, soul and mind as well as to establish a Global Holistic Health Center in the Border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Alba is a member of the Board of Directors of NYC Celebrates Women, a nonprofit that amplifies the voice of women of color entrepreneurs to break the generational wealth gap. Also, she is currently working on her new project of holistic and expansionist health consulting to heal body, soul, and mind, and the Global Holistic Health Center in the south of the Dominican Republic.
