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Marife Mendez
Area 12 Director
Biographical Info
Dr. Marifé Méndez is an entrepreneur, digital marketing creator, public speaker, Amazon’s Best Seller Author, and accomplished senior marketing communications professional with over 30 years of experience. She is the founder and CEO of Next Step Marketing, an innovative team of marketing professionals in her native San Juan, PR, and also of her new venture Dr M Crystal Healing in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Marifé is passionate about digital marketing, diversity, and social media. She can be found in the most popular social media networks Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, but she is also a passionate public speaker. With inspirational speeches like Why Women Need to Boss Up; and Soul Rebel about Trauma and life after breast cancer, Grief – What everybody should know and Crystal Energy about crystals positive effects on people’s energy. Marifé knows how to connect with an audience.
She had the opportunity to talk about some of these topics in the previous books she co-authored, Women Who Boss Up in Health, Wellness, and Lifestyle (2021), and Breaking the Glass Ceiling – Influential Women in Business (2015). Both books were an incredible success and reached “Amazon Best Seller” status.
In addition, Marifé is also an Independent Certified Coach, Teacher, Trainer and Speaker with The John Maxwell Team and active member of the Arts of Speaking Toastmasters Club in Hollywood Beach Florida.
Finally, Dr. Marifé Mendez has over 27 years of experience in academia and is currently Adjunct Faculty at Miami Dade College Business School, Wolfson Campus.




