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, destination marketing, web
development, 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 11 years. Theresa
writes a monthly news-
letter 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.
Her interest in the practical applications of
handwriting analysis led her to become a Certified Level student with
well-known author and handwriting expert Bart Baggett.
Theresa has made
presentations to hundreds 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". (See what they're blogging
about Theresa's accuracy with analysis).
In June of 2007, Theresa was recognized as a Certified
Handwriting Expert by Handwriting University in Dallas, Texas after
completing written and oral certification testing.
You can contact her at handwritingexpert@verizon.net
She always entertains audiences with her energetic
and unique presentation style!
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