MIAMI, FL — August 24, 2022 — (NOTICIAS NEWSWIRE) — Brilla Media Ventures / Nuestro Stories has been named a semi-finalist for Pharrell’s 2022 Black Ambition Prize which seeks out promising, purpose-driven ventures that are “dedicated to creating an impact by building, investing, and positively influencing their communities.”
Judges lauded the Latina-owned media and digital entertainment company for its flagship platform Nuestro Stories, (NuestroStories.com) which is a digital media, documentaries and social media platform focused on the U.S. origins and histories of Latinos. Brilla is also a joint venture partner with The JOY Collective for Nuestro Stories’ counterpart platform, Our Black Origins (OurBlackOrigins.com).
In a statement announcing this year’s semi-finalists from among thousands of applications, Black Ambition leaders said, “With support from our network of program partners, business leaders, VCs, and seasoned entrepreneurs, we were able to evaluate a very competitive pool of applicants.”
Brilla now enters a new round of competition with other ventures that range from media and entertainment to tech, consumer products, services, and healthcare.
Earlier this summer, Co-Founder and Brilla Media Ventures CEO Angela Sustaita-Ruiz was named to Inicio Ventures’ 100 Rising Latinx Founders to Watch List.
About Nuestro Stories
The flagship content platform brand of Brilla Media Ventures, Nuestro Stories (www.NuestroStories.com) is an innovative, digital media, and documentaries platform that tells THE “Origin Stories” of the cultural traditions, songs, sayings, places, foods, people, sports, nuances, notable achievements, and much more that collectively comprise Latino history and pop culture.
Nuestro Stories is led by Angela Sustaita-Ruiz and Manny Ruiz, creators of Hispanicize and co-founders of the Hispanic social media marketing, and influencer industries, the Latino press release wire industry, and the first network of Hispanic print media companies online.
For more information please visit www.BrillaMedia.com.