Maria Nieves is a writer, editor, publisher, public speaker, college professor, motivational speaker, workshop leader, and author of three books. She has been featured in Elle Magazine, Elle Latino Magazine, Woman's World Magazine, The Huffington Post, Essence Magazine, Women's World Magazine, The New York Times , the London Daily Telegraph , the London Daily Mail , and The Seattle Times . She has appeared on television shows including Oprah 's Lifeclass and Charlie Rose , as well as on CNN. She has spoken at events for The Ford Foundation , Microsoft Corporation , the United Nations , the American Heart Association , The New York Times , the White House , The University of Miami , the University of Notre Dame , Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government , Northwestern University 's Kellogg School of Management , Pepperdine University 's Graziadio School of Business Administration , San Francisco State University 's International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (IICPR), the Mexico City Foreign Affairs Office (DFAE), the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), Georgetown University 's Walsh School of Foreign Service (WSS) in Washington D.C., USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (ASJ) in Los Angeles California , UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSES), Ohio State University 's Center for Health Communication Research (HCSCR) in Columbus Ohio .
She has provided keynote addresses at events including TEDxMiamiUWomen in Miami Florida , TEDxYosemiteWomen in Yosemite National Park California
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She was also invited to speak at Moody Bible Institute's Moody Fest held annually at Moody Bible Institute.
Maria Nieves is a proud graduate of Stetson University . Stetson created an honorary degree for Maria Nieves after she was named to Who's Who Among Americas Students by Marquis Who's Who. Stetson also presented Maria with an honorary degree because she was named one of "the 100 Most Inspiring Latinas" by Latina magazine.