Bárbara Bermudo
born June 5, 1975

Barbara Bermudo, one of Univision Network’s most recognized talents and co-host of the show “Primer Impacto”, Throughout her career, Bermudo, a highly celebrated journalist, has received numerous honors for her work including a special recognition from the City of Miami as one of the most notable professionals of Puerto Rican descent in the community and an award from the United Way organization for her journalistic contributions in covering Hispanic issues in South Florida.

Bermudo, who was born in Guaynabo to a Puerto Rican mother and a Cuban father, has a degree in journalism from American University in Washington, D.C., was the host of Primer Impacto, a Spanish language news program which covers predominantly human interest stories and is popular among the Hispanic population in the United States, until she left in January 2017. Bermudo joined the program in 2002 and co-hosted it with Fernando Del Rincón until he was let go in 2009. In 2003, Bermudo had small role-playing herself in the film Chasing Papi, starring Roselyn Sanchez, Jaci Velasquez, and Sofía Vergara. In 2004 and 2005, Bermudo hosted Lo Que no vio de Premios lo Nuestro (What you didn’t see in Lo Nuestro Awards) and Noche de Estrellas (The Night of Stars). Bermudo has made television appearances in El Show de Cristina, El Escandalo del Mediodia (The Midday Scandal), and Que Bodas (What a Wedding). She is one of the eight cover subjects of the 2007 edition of People en Español’s “50 Most Beautiful People” issue.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira
born 21 March 1980

Commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder but was also deployed as a forward or a winger. He played the bulk of his career at European clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona, and A.C. Milan as well as playing for the Brazilian national team. Often considered one of the best players of his generation and regarded by many as one of the greatest of all time, Ronaldinho won two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d’Or. He was renowned for his technical skills and creativity; due to his agility, pace and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, feints, overhead kicks, no-look passes and accuracy from free-kicks.

Ronaldo’s football skills began to blossom at the age of eight, and he was first given the nickname Ronaldinho – “inho” meaning small – because he was often the youngest and the smallest player in youth club matches. He developed an interest in futsal and beach football, which later expanded to organized football. His first brush with the media came at the age of 13 when he scored all 23 goals in a 23–0 victory against a local team. Ronaldinho was identified as a rising star at the 1997 U-17 World Championship in Egypt, in which he scored two goals on penalty kicks.

Ronaldinho Gaúcho is regarded as one of the greatest and most skillful players of his generation. Due to his ability to score and create goals, he was capable of playing in several offensive positions, on either wing or in a central position. Throughout his career, he was deployed as a forward, a winger, although he usually played like a classic number 10 in an attacking midfield role. Despite primarily being a creative player, he was an accurate finisher with either foot, both from inside and outside the penalty area, and was also a free-kick and penalty kick specialist. Throughout his career, Ronaldinho was praised in particular for his technical skills and creativity; due to his pace, acceleration, agility, balance, ball control, and dribbling ability, he was capable of beating players when undertaking individual runs, often using feints in one on one situations. Among his repertoire of moves, Ronaldinho was one of the best exponents of the “elastico”, a move he learned by watching videos of one of his idols, the 1970s Brazilian star Rivelino. In parts of Africa, especially Nigeria, this move is called ‘The Gaúcho’, after Ronaldinho, due to his role in popularizing the use of this particular skill.

In addition to his dribbling ability and exhibiting a wide array of skills, Ronaldinho was also known for his creativity and vision.

ESPN described Ronaldinho as being “skillful by nature, his tricks are unparalleled and he is wonderful with the ball at his feet. One of the coolest players in pressure situations” and a “fast, brash, skillful, tricky, an uninhibited playmaker” who provides “a mix of goals, assists, skills and a large repertoire of crafty moves”. Former Portugal midfield playmaker Rui Costa has said of his vision and passing ability: “There are not many players who can offer goal-scoring passes as he can. He is just marvelous. He is a rare case of an assist man who can provide the ball from anywhere.”

Ronaldinho has had endorsements with many companies, including Nike, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, EA Sports, Gatorade and Danone.

Ronaldinho is one of the official ambassadors of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, since February 2006. In 2011, he was recruited by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to promote awareness among young people of the disease and how to avoid it.

Roberto M. Rey Jr.
born October 1, 1961

Roberto M. Rey Jr. is a Brazilian American politician and surgeon specializing in plastic surgery. He was featured on the E! reality series Dr. 90210, and ran for a seat in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies for the state of São Paulo’s Social Christian Party (PSC) in the 2014 Brazilian general election, but was not elected. In 2015, he became the 3rd Vice President of the National Ecologic Party (PEN). A controversial figure, he has advocated in favor of populist right-wing political views and was a pre-candidate for the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior was born in São Paulo, Brazil to engineer Roberto Miguel Rey, an American-born naturalized Brazilian and Avelina Reisdörfer, a Brazilian of German descent. The family lived in São Paulo until 1974, when 12-year-old Rey and his brother and two sisters relocated to the United States.

He became a member of the Screen Actors Guild in 1980 and has appeared in national television advertisements, most recently in a Carl’s Jr. commercial in which he advises a chicken to undergo breast augmentation surgery. Rey was the medical consultant on the American film Se7en, and made a cameo appearance in the Bollywood movie, Americanizing Shelley. He is also an avid martial artist with black belts in Taekwondo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Roberto M. Rey Jr. earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arizona State University in Chemistry, a master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard, and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Tufts University School of Medicine. Rey completed a 3-year general surgery residency at Harbor UCLA, and a plastic & reconstructive surgery residency at the University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center. He subsequently undertook an aesthetic and breast reconstruction fellowship at the Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

He is licensed to practice medicine in the states of California and Florida and served as a medical correspondent for The Insider and NBC4 news.

Rey has appeared on TV shows, including The View, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, and the topic of print articles published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes Brazil. Rey had a weekly casebook article in Life and Style Magazine, is a member of The Los Angeles Medical Association and American Medical Association, and is on staff at Cedars Sinai Hospital. In 2004, Rey became a frontman of the reality show Dr. 90210, a program that showcases his and other surgeon’s practices, the surgeries and patients, as well as his family life. Rey has performed plastic surgery on celebrity patients, one of which (John Travolta’s niece’s breast augmentation procedure) was featured in an episode of Dr. 90210.

Alexandre Pires
born January 8, 1976

Alexandre Pires Pires began his career playing a new and more appellative style of samba that is known as Pagode and more romantic too that used to be known as Samba-canção and now is known as Samba Romântico. After his rhythm and melody started to become a little more romantic. He crossed the vertent known as “Pagode Romântico” and then he jumped to Samba-canção his favorite style. The Sambas-canção most famous are “Depois do Prazer” and “Tudo tem A ver” with a lot of influences of Brazilian Country Music (“Sertaneja”). The songs that are the most famous are “Quando é Amor”, “A barata” and “Mineirinho” produced with the group Só Pra Contrariar. At that time, he received also a lot the influences of Cauby Peixoto, Ângela Maria, and Agnaldo Rayol, mainly because his father was one of the best friends of Cauby Peixoto, according to a conversation with Pires at TV also edited at the internet. When he finished his last album with the group he produced also Romantic pop and Latin music.

After several albums in Portuguese, the band released a very successful album in 1999 titled Juegos de Amor. The album included the hit song “Santo Santo” featuring Gloria Estefan.

In 1998, Pires co-starred in the critically panned film Cinderela Baiana, alongside his then-girlfriend, Carla Perez.

On July 3, 2001, Pires released his first solo album to much success. He has continued to release albums both in Portuguese and in Spanish achieving several hits in Latin charts.

In 2007, he released a tribute album to Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. That 2007, he met and had a duet on the song titled “Junto A Ti” with Kika Edgar from the telenovela Bajo las Riendas del Amor.

Aline Barros
born October 7, 1976

Aline Barros, Born in Rio de Janeiro, October 7, 1976 , stage name of Aline Kistenmacker Barros dos Santos, is an singer and pastor of contemporary Christian music, a Brazilian businesswoman. Having more than twenty years of career, Aline has sold over 7 million records, being certified by the ABPD with multiple gold, platinum records.

Aline has already been nominated for four international awards: nine nominations for “Best Christian Album in Portuguese Language” and two Spanish-language, winning seven of them at the Latin Grammy Awards, being in 2006 also nominated for Arpa, an award granted by the Mexican National Academy of Christian Music and Arts (ANMAC) in the category of “Best Children’s Album” with Fiesta en el jardín released by Integrity Music Latin, losing to the Heroes album by duo Leche y Miel Kids; the Brazilian IP Awards, winning the category “Best Brazilian Gospel Show in the Art, Culture and Community Category” and the GMA Dove Awards being nominated in 2008 for the “Best Spanish Language Album” category with the refreshing disc! competing with Christian music singer Soraya Moraes’ album Tengo Sed de Ti but losing to Seventh Day Slumber’s Rescátame album.

Already the national awards are the FM 105 Trophy, 1995, winner in the category of “Best Revelation Singer”, the SBT Press Trophy in 1995, 1998 and 2014, Aline was nominated in the category of “Best Gospel Music” with Consecration, “Evangelical Revelation Singer”, “Best Gospel Music” with Run for Her Father’s Arms and “Best Singer”; Aline Barros won in the defunct Talent Trophy from 1996 to 2009, ten out of eleven categories; In the Promises Trophy of Rede Globo between 2011 and 2013, Aline only won in one category being her “Best Singer” and in the Digital Music Award the singer was nominated in the “Sale Category” with the song “Sonda me, Usa – me “.

Aline already has in her career several appearances with Christian music singers from abroad, such as Paul Wilbur, Don Moen, Ron Kenoly, Michael W. Smith, among others. Aline Barros has written hit songs with various gospel names, such as Luiz Arcanjo, David Sacer, Anderson Freire, Fernandinho, and others. In February 2013, the singer was cited by The New York Times, which showed great recognition around the world, citing that “Protestant singers also have thousands of fans, such as Aline Barros, a Grammy-winning singer with nearly one million followers on Twitter “. In the same year Billboard magazine published the ranking of the most active artists on the most important social networking sites in the world and was also mentioned by Forbes magazine as one of the 100 most influential Brazilians of 2013. In the “Top 50 Social Billboard”, Aline Barros occupied the thirty-second place in popularity, being the only Brazilian to appear in the survey.

Aline was born on October 7, 1976, in Penha, Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. Aline is the daughter of Ronaldo and Sandra Barros (Maiden name: Sandra de Cássia Kistenmacker), both evangelical pastors and a brother named Rafael Barros.

At just two years old, Aline already expressed interest in music. At age 9 he was already accompanying his father and the Ministry of Praise of the Community of Vila da Penha, in the north of Rio de Janeiro. Soon the singer became part of the praise team, participating in some recordings, the first being “Your Word” when she was 14 years old, and the song was forty-five days in the parade of evangelical radios of the city. At 16, “Consecration” spent nine months on the hit charts. At 18, he recorded his debut album.

In 1996, Aline graduated as a Marine Biologist from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

She is married to a former soccer player, and now pastor, Gilmar dos Santos since 2000, with whom she had two children: Nicolas, born on January 4, 2003, and Maria Catherine, born on October 12, 2011. The family congregates in the South Zone International Evangelical Community located in the Flamengo neighborhood.

Dr. Cindy Trimm, a case for faith & hope

Dr. Cindy Trimm is a life strategist, humanitarian, and best-selling author. She is the Founder and CEO of Trimm International. Trimm is a former senator of Bermuda and a sought-after speaker and advisor to multinational corporations and governments across the globe.

EBONY POWER 100 listed Dr. Cindy Trimm in the same elite group as Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Tyler Perry, Sean Combs, Tom Joyner, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Michael Jordan, Will Smith, Malcolm Gladwell and Alicia Keys.

She was raised in poverty and abandoned by her father at the age of two, which left her mother to raise 7 children. She has a background in Government, Education, Psychology, and Human Development, which help her to translate powerful spiritual truth into everyday language that empowers individuals to transform their lives and their communities. Her message brings fresh purpose, meaning, dignity, and hope to a global audience.

As a speaker seasoned with humor, compassion, revelatory insight, and personal candor, Dr. Trimm translates hard-hitting spiritual insights into everyday language that empowers individuals to activate purpose and maximize potential. She frequently appears on popular TV and radio programs, as well as keynotes on international platforms that touch millions with the Gospel.

As an author, Dr. Trimm has repeatedly topped bestsellers lists with what have become renown classics, such as: Commanding Your Morning, The 40 Day Soul Fast, The Rules of Engagement for Overcoming Your Past, and Prevail: Discover Your Strength in Hard Places.

As an advocate reaching beyond the pulpit, Dr. Trimm’s ministry extends to the global mission field. By joining forces with partners around the world, Cindy Trimm Ministries International engages in medical missions, food relief, and resourcing those in need with tools that will change the trajectory of their lives and communities.

Her best-selling books include: Commanding Your Morning and Rules of Engagement, which have sold over one million copies. Her recent release, The Art of War for Spiritual Battle, is gaining momentum and popularity.

She has won several business and humanitarian awards from various countries, to include distinctions from the Queen of England, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Ambassador to the State of Tennessee, and the Governor of Bermuda.