Tribe Vibe Spotlight: Nely Galan

Photo: Kwaku Alston

Photo: Kwaku Alston

Media Entrepreneur, Emmy Award-Winning Producer, Founder of The Adelante Movement and Author of the New York Times Best Selling book, SELF MADE: Nely Galan is a force!

Latina media dynamo and women’s empowerment advocate Nely Galán, is one of the entertainment industry’s savviest firebrand talents. An immigrant and self-made media mogul, Galán was the first Latina President of Entertainment for a U.S. television network, Telemundo. Her New York Times bestselling book, and manifesto to ignite the SELF MADE movement, uniting all women on a quest for an economic future they control - SELF MADE: Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way, was inspired by the new revolution in women’s entrepreneurship led by multicultural women in the U.S. and emerging women around the world.

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Self- Made Woman!

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We love Nely Glana for the way she embodies The Colored Girl core values…

IMPACT - Galán is also the founder of the nonprofit The Adelante Movement (“Let’s get going!” in Spanish), which seeks to train and empower Latina women to become entrepreneurs. She is also passionate about teaching financial literacy and entrepreneurship to teens and college students.

WELLNESS - She believes in women choosing themselves first, as a form of well being to be happy, successful & thriving. ”It's easy to sit back and wait to get chosen for a job or promotion or plum assignment, but those who take smart actions to make it happen have a better

EXPANSION - Galán went back to school in 2008 for a Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She believes it’s never too late to go back to school. She is an advocate (and educator) on building wealth with her infamous line” Buy Buildings, Not Shoes”, advising women to think long-term when it comes to investments so the money works harder to our benefit as we get older. 

SISTERHOOD - After becoming self-made on her own terms, Galán has made it her mission to teach women— regardless of age or background—how they too can become entrepreneurs.

COLLABORATION - She readily shows up for & works with organizations such as Adcolor & Coca Cola to deliver powerful messages of inspiration & motivation to others across the country, to support them on their journey to defining their own success.

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Nely Galán, we honor & salute you!

Thank you for passionately pushing through as a fierce shining example of what it truly means to become a self-made woman.

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