SBDC Latino Edicion Digital con Thalia Amador-Lastra

Essential Insights and Resources for Small Business Success | Información y Recursos Esenciales para el Éxito de Pequeñas Empresa

Este evento informativo, organizado en colaboración con la Agencia Federal de Pequeños Negocios (SBA), está diseñado para emprendedores, propietarios de pequeñas empresas y profesionales que buscan aprovechar los recursos disponibles para iniciar, hacer crecer y fortalecer sus negocios. Los asistentes conocerán de primera mano los servicios clave que la SBA ofrece, desde opciones de financiamiento y oportunidades de contratación gubernamental hasta programas de capacitación y apoyo especializado para comunidades desatendidas, mujeres empresarias y veteranos.

¡No pierdas la oportunidad de aprender cómo la SBA puede ayudar a tu negocio a alcanzar su máximo potencial!

Guest: Thalia Amador Lastra, Economic Development Specialist at U.S. Small Business Administration

Thalia is an Economic Development Specialist for the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in the Columbus District office. In this role, she works with local resource partners and small businesses of diverse backgrounds to create awareness of tools and resources available that foster the growth and success of Small Businesses. She also has built strategic partnerships that provide a cohesive and collaborative outreach efforts to underserved markets. Thalia is also the owner of a real estate leasing and management company.

Thalia Amador was the former Latino business advisor for the Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Columbus State Community College. In this role, she provided coaching and advising to new and existing business owners to ensure the healthy growth and success of their business, coordinated trainings in Spanish for the Latino Center and provided business valuation assistance. She has over ten years of customer service experience with a specialty in risk management and insurance for individuals and small businesses, holds a Property and Casualty Insurance license for the state of Ohio since 2005, is OSHA 10 Certified, a Certified GrowthWheel Advisor and an Accredited Business Planning Advisor (ABPA).

Thalia has a bachelor’s degree in world economics and business from The Ohio State University. Thalia has participated in the City of Columbus Advisory Committee for Small Business, in the Franklin County Local Food Action Plan C-9 Program as well as the Franklin County Construction Inclusion Team for the Franklin County Correction Center. She was the vice-president of LEON, a non-profit organization that advocates for issues that involve the Latino/Hispanic community in Columbus. Thalia was project manager for the Latina Mentoring Academy for 3 years, a program that empowers Latina women to advance personally and professionally through mentoring and training workshops.

Host: Pamela Alvaro-Unzueta - Business Advisor, Ohio Small Business Development Center at Columbus State Community College

Pamela Alvaro-Unzueta is a small business owner with a bachelor’s degree from Universidad del Valle de México, Campus Lomas Verdes in México City.