Come meet creative businesses that are living their passion through tradition and culture and hear their story. Learn how coming together with Congressional Delegates, Legislatures and the Northern New Mexico College President has resulted in positive outcomes. Learn about our student mentorship program and how being taken out of the classroom has cultivated a desire to go to college and the entrepreneurship opportunities that have developed.

1. Creative Cultural
Entrepreneurship
Slideshow Title
Connecting Congress & Our Legislators
Date
Location
Presenter/Speaker:
Julianna Martinez-Barbee
Annual National Summit
Director America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
at Northern New Mexico College /Business Owner
• Building New Mexico’s Economy
One Business at a Time
U N I V E R S I T Y
E C O N O M I C
D E V E L O P M E N T
A S S O C I A T I O N
505-747-2240 jbarbee@nnmc.edu
Building New Mexico’s Economy One Business at a Time

2. SBDC Outstanding Business Panel
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Video Services
Elizabeth Inman
Liana Sanchez
Norma Naranjo
Giovanna Paponetti
Purple Adobe
Lavender Farm
AVANYU General
Contracting LLC
The Feasting
Place
Artist/Author

3. SBDC Student Media Mentorship

4. America’s SBDC
No-Cost
Consulting
Global
Resources
National
Expertise
Low-Cost
Training

5. Hosted at Colleges/Universities
Across the
Country
Students
National
Accredited
Businesses
Immediate
Economic
Impact

6. SBDC & NNMC College
Collaboration
Customized
Training
Student
Mentorship
Assist
Departments
Share
Resources
President
Involved
Congress
Legislators

7. Discovering Creative Businesses
Through our Cultures and
Traditions

8. New Mexico Video Services
Dennis Chavez

10. New Mexico Video Services
We produce all
types of videos
for all types of
budgets!
We turn
memories into
legacies and then
we turn you into
the producer!

11. America’s SBDC at Northern New Mexico College Announces
New Mexico Video Services
Outstanding Business of the Year
Multi-service DVD duplication, production, &
editing

12. Our State Legislators Support
Small Businesses

13. Interviews with
New Mexico State Legislators
Job creation Economic
impact

14. Helping Our Students
Discover Their Purpose

15. America’s SBDC National
Conference in Orlando

16. Co-Trained with Julianna
Your YouTube Video Promo

17. Purple Adobe Lavender Farm
Elizabeth Inman

18. Elizabeth Inman
See You at the farm…where the healing
begins
Owner

19. Purple Adobe
Lavender Farm

20. Elizabeth Shares her Story with
Congressman Lujan

21. College President Barcelo &
Congressman Lujan
Tour the Farm

24. Inform Senators
Positive Outcomes

25. SBA & NM Economic Department
Advocate for Small Businesses

26. SBDC & KDCE Radio Program

27. AVANYU LLC
General Contracting
Visiting Student Intern Evren Martinez

28. AVANYU General Contracting LLC
“Building with YOUR Spirit & Environment in Mind”

29. AVANYU Saving Pueblo Homes

30. Vision of a Vibrant Pueblo Plaza

31. New Mexico Governor Recognizes
AVANYU SBDC Outstanding Business

32. College President Barcelo Supports
SBDC Outstanding Business
at Legislative Event

34. Visit to Senator Udall’s Office in
DC
“We funded our way to DC to support the
Espanola SBDC. Their assistance, training
seminars & resources continue to help us
grow & compete in today’s economy”
-- Liana Sanchez

35. ‘‘I Work with Native American businesses to
utilize the tools available at Commerce that
can help them grow, create jobs and
compete globally.”---
Dee Alexander U.S. Department of
Commerce

36. SBDC & AVANYU Visit
Congressman Lujan in DC

37. SBDC Hosts International
Business Woman from Africa
“Liana you are to be respected for holding the
vision of what is to come and at a tangible
level, creating it….” --SF Council of International
Relations

38. The Feasting Place
Norma Naranjo

39. The Feasting Place
Cultural
Classes
Traditional
Catering
Hosting
Pueblo Style
Food Gift
Baskets
Agricultural
Traditions

40. The Feasting Place
• “Food is much more than just eating. Food is a
necessity that brings families together. “Back
when most people raised their own food and
had the time to cook, we were healthier
people, physically, mentally and spiritually."

41. The Feasting Place

42. SBDC at
Northern New Mexico College
Continues to Help Me
SBDC
College Pueblo
Indian Studies
College Cultural
Conferences
State
Events
City & County
&Tribes
State
Legislatures

43. Congressman Udall Visits
The Feasting Place

44. SBDC & The Feasting Place Host
Woman in Business From Africa
Sharing our ways and embracing our
unique talents to create a living

45. SBDC Invited Local Businesses for
a Day of Discovery

46. “I am living my passion & my dream
through the foods I have grown &
prepared and making a living sharing
my culture and traditions”
—Norma Naranjo

47. Giovanna Paponetti
Artist/Author

48. Artist / Author
My love of storytelling has also found its way
into my work. To the canvas I pass on the stories
of my subjects, both animals and people.

49. KATERI Native American Saint
The life & Miracles of Kateri Tekakwitha

50. The Death of Kateri 1680

51. Murals on the life of Kateri

52. Storyteller—echoing the
past

53. Taos Pueblo before Spanish 1300

54. From Nature, I learn patience, faith,
compassion, courage, awareness, and not to
give up when things look grim.

55. Legislative Paintings

56. SBDC Announces Giovanna
Outstanding Business

59. Field of Work Interest

61. SBDC Business
Training
Workshops

62. KDCE Radio Interview

63. Interview with
Governor Susana Martinez
• Stay in School
• Dreams Happen
• Get Involved
• Higher your
standard

64. Interview with
LT Governor John Sanchez
• Act- You are You
• Accomplish
• Advocate

65. Interview with
New Mexico State Legislators
Be a Leader Be Active

66. Interview with
New Mexico State Legislatures
Follow Through

67. New Mexico Video Services

68. SBDC International
Experience

69. International Business
Welcome

70. Do Something
You Love To Do!