Leading Ladies

“OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO CONTINUE GROWING AND OPENING HANDS AND ARMS TO MORE DIVERSE CULTURES.”

MAYELA ROSALES

Executive Vice President and Co-Owner, Media Vista Group

Maracaibo, Venezuela, is far from Naples in miles, population, and lifestyle. Yet Mayela Rosales left there for Southwest Florida in 1996 to find new opportunities.

“I came from a city with more than a million people,” she says. “It was a big shock for me.”

Despite this transition, Rosales saw potential in the area’s expanding Latin community. In 2002, she and her then-husband, Orlando, launched D’Latinos, a half-hour weekly Spanish television program. The enterprise continued to grow, and today her company, Media Vista Group, is a multiplatform firm with a magazine, websites, and TV stations in Florida, Minnesota, and Missouri.

You’d think this thriving business would use up all of her energy, but she’s also dedicated to numerous organizations, serving on the boards of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Youth Haven, the