Janet Alvarez Gonzalez

Dr. Janet Alvarez Gonzalez is an established film scriptwriter, director and producer and television and radio personality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Born on February 7, 1965 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, she began her career in the late 1980's as a director and producer, and political reporter for US television and radio networks PBS, NPR, FOX and Jay Sears News Services, interviewing personalities such as Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev, Lt. Col. Oliver North, Vice Pres. Al Gore, Sen. George Allen, Gov. Douglas Wilder, as well other international personalities. Later she worked as executive producer, script writer supervisor, and hosted several top television shows transmitted at Red PAT, Teletica, Bolivision, Telemundo, Univision, and Pentagon Network. In 2003 she wrote, produced and protagonist the movie "Latin Comedy" a social satire about how Hispanics were manipulated by the media with the legendary Cuban comedian, director and scriptwriter Leopoldo "Pucho" Fernandez known as "Tres Patines" and "Machito Pichon". She received a Bachelor in Psychology from the Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master in Educational Media from Virginia State University, and culminated a Ph.D. in Business Administration in Marketing and a Post Graduate Certificate in International Business from Argosy University. Dr. Alvarez has taught Mass Communications and Marketing in many universities around the world. In addition she was the Dean of the MBA Center at Columbia University in Puerto Rico. She hosted the television morning show Buenos Dias Mi Amor, and later produced the film; "El Secreto del Retrato" "The Portrait's Secret" "Nadia's Promise", and "Brother Dear". El Secreto del Retrato Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Enrique Castillo; Carlos Carrasco; Damián Alcázar; Hemky Madera; Ivonne Coll; Denise Quiñones; Federico Luppi; Julian Acosta; María Rojo; Roberto Urbina; Aline Küppenheim; Carolyn Zeller; Denise Blasor; Alfredo De Quesada; Fernando Carrera; Eduardo Paxeco; Noris Joffre; Jose Brocco; Ricardo Andrés Díaz Joffre; Eugenio Monclova; Myrna de Casenave;