17: (Spanish) Como Jackie Camacho-Ruiz empresaria, autora, conferencista y sobreviviente de cancer ha logrado el exito en la vida y en los negocios

Jacqueline (Jackie) Camacho is a Latina entrepreneur, author, speaker, philanthropist, cancer survivor. Born in Mexico City, Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz moved to the United States at age 14 where she learned English in just one year.  Hungry for knowledge, Jacqueline earned her college degree and became trilingual (German).  From a very early age Jackie devoured amazing literature.  Authors like Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill and other business icons influenced the launch of her award-winning JJR Marketing, Inc. agency in 2006. Jacqueline speaks to hundreds of audiences nationwide and is described as having a “fire about business success and about life that leaps off the stage.”

 

Jackie earned the Emerging Leader award by the Chicago Assoc. of Direct Marketing, the Entrepreneurial Excellence and Influential Women in Business awards by Daily Herald The Business Ledger and was a finalist for Latina Entrepreneur of the Year by the Chicago Latino Network, Highest Human Relations Award by Dale Carnegie, among others. She serves on the board of Junior Achievement- Western Region, Community Contacts and the Publicity Club of Chicago. She is the author of The Little Book of Business Secrets that work!, The Fig Factor, contributing author of Overcoming Mediocrity and upcoming books 200 Consejos Poderos para alcanzar el Exito en los Negocios and superhero character on motivational comic book The Crusaders. She is a regular guest on tv and radio including CBS World News, CBS Chicago, WGN-TV, ABC7 News, WGN Radio 720.

 

As a two-time cancer survivor, Jackie possesses wisdom about life well beyond her years.  She lives in the Midwest with her husband and business partner, Juan Pablo, and her two children Leonardo and Giulianna.