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Theresa grew up in Caracas, Venezuela and traveled
extensively throughout Central and South America. Her exceptional
bilingual abilities have provided her with many experiences as teacher,
interpreter, translator, job developer, and cultural consultant for
clients doing business with Hispanic populations. Theresa is versed in varying aspects of entrepreneurship,
social media marketing, martial arts, fitness, self-defense, and
handwriting analysis.
Theresa Ortega has conducted speaking services for such entities as H & R Block, Catholic Charities Cuban Special Placement Program, Catholic Charities Food Bank, Columbia House, Indiana State University, local and Federal courts, the PanAmerican Games as well as numerous regional projects. Theresa is a First Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, has served as an instructor for toddlers to adults, designed methods that increased ProShop sales dramatically, and has successfully operated her own martial arts business for more than 16 years. Theresa writes a monthly newsletter about martial arts, boxing and fitness, and is often quoted for her martial arts knowledge. Her customer service and niche marketing expertise were featured in "Retail Focus", the National Sporting Goods Association's member magazine. The National Main Street "Shop Main Street" initiative elected her website as a "unique and interesting shop that makes Main Streets great" and was featured on the shopmainstreet.org holiday shopping website in 2006. In September 2007, Kamikaze Karate was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine for Theresa's innovative use of cultural holidays such as Confucius' Birthday and Chinese New Year in her retail store. Read her interview here. She has served as consultant for other martial arts businesses to help maximize their unique services and products, and has many interesting topics available for workshops and presentations for private, civic, and corporate groups. See her topic list here. Her interest in the practical applications of handwriting analysis led her to study this topic. Theresa has made presentations to thousands of people in business groups, trade associations, university business fraternities, college crowds, and has been a frequent guest on radio and TV shows analyzing handwriting "live". Read how Theresa combines martial arts, Spanish instruction to law enforcement, and handwriting analysis in this interview with the Indiana Statesman. In June of 2007, Theresa was recognized as a Certified Handwriting Analyst by Handwriting University in Dallas, Texas after completing written and oral certification testing. Theresa was honored to present two lectures at the International Handwriting Analysis Conference in Las Vegas, NV in September 2008. Theresa was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame in April 2009, as "Female Taekwondo Stylist of the Year" and "Business Leader of the Year". In October 2009 at the annual Pacific Island Gathering event in Chicago, Grandmaster Jerson "Nene" Tortal of the Philippines presented Theresa with a certificate as "Honorary Guru" for her "selfless work and talent shown to preserve the Tortal Family System of Dekiti Tirsia Siradas Arnis of Mono". Theresa combined her love for martial arts and handwriting analysis in her new website, handwritingsensei.com. Look for updates soon! In June 2010, Theresa was the first non-fire or police officer ever certified by Public Safety Language Training to teach Tactical Spanish to Law Enforcement. Check out Theresa's class and interview with the CBS affiliate about her unique class, or read about the officers and dispatchers taking her course. See what students on Indiana State University's campus think about Theresa's community involvement. Small Business Saturday was the first year for an event to promote shopping at small, locally-owned businesses, an effort spearheaded by American Express. Check out Theresa's interview about it on NBC2. In February 2012, Indiana State University Magazine did an extensive article about Theresa's work with handwriting analysis, language instruction, and her martial arts store. In April 2012, Theresa was once again an Inductee into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame, this time as the "Most Supportive Martial Artist of the Year" for all of her work promoting the martial arts. In December 2012, Theresa is presenting in conjunction
with Dr. Thomas Rea, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, for the
"Dine With A Doc" event. Theresa
will
take
participants
through
an interactive
exercise
in analyzing their
own
handwriting,
particularly
helpful at
this
time
of year
when
"winter
blues"
and holidays can make
everything
seem
overwhelming.
She will teach the participants how to spot
signs that
they
or
a friend
may need
some
help. View/print the full
program press release or the event
flier. Check out Theresa's nterview with Coach Jeanna on BlogTalkRadio. Jeanna's listeners ask some great questions about handwriting analysis. Read the national article about cursive handwriting that Theresa was interviewed for, and watch the video sidebar she provided (April 2013). Theresa always entertains audiences with her energetic
and unique presentation style!
Try THIS for fun:
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Theresa Ortega Theresa can be reached for workshop
learning opportunities or consulting Check out Theresa's
video for a national article about cursive writing instruction in
the schools. *****
Here I am working in my store....Bruce always keeps me company! (But I wish he'd stop kicking my head.....)
Here
I am at the annual "PIG" (Pacific Island Gathering) event in
Chicago, with GM Jerson "Nene"
Tortal of the Philippines. |
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"How to Choose a Quality Martial Arts
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