Andreina "Nina" Traviesa
Executive Committee At Large
Tampa, Hillsborough County
Committee: Communications; Grants/AmeriCorps
Originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela, Andreina “Nina” Traviesa split her childhood living in Venezuela and Miami. Nina’s family heritage is one of service to country and community. Her father, an award-winning newspaper publisher, served as a member of the Venezuelan Congress. Her grandfather served as General and Chief of the Armed Forces of Venezuela, as well as Venezuelan Ambassador to Denmark, Jamaica, Norway and Algeria.
From an early age, Nina was involved in community service, working in early childhood education and literacy in Venezuela. She moved to the United States to earn her degree in Fashion Design. After graduation, she began her career in New York City, traveling the world as Assistant Designer and Merchandising Executive for Angel Sanchez USA, Inc., one of the industry’s top couture fashion houses.
Nina, her husband, Trey Traviesa, and their two daughters, Alexa and Amelia, live in Tampa, where she heads the Tampa Bay editing and marketing division for Conexiones magazine, one of Central and South Florida’s leading Hispanic magazines.
In 2004, Nina made the momentous decision to become a naturalized United States citizen. She continues to devote much of her professional and family life to strengthening the opportunities for and awareness of one of Florida’s greatest treasures, her Hispanic community.
Through her position at Conexiones, Nina provides advertising opportunities and editorial space to promote Hispanic-owned businesses without the means to afford traditional media advertising. As a member of the board of Arte ´07 in Tampa Bay, she helps promote Latin American art and artists. As a community volunteer, she has spent countless hours encouraging the Hispanic community to get informed, involved and educated about their community and their government. She also volunteers frequently at Christ the King Catholic Church and School, part of fulfilling her life’s calling and most important role, that of full-time mom for Alexa and Amelia.
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