MIW Group/Nielsen Names 2018 Mentee
Barajas was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and migrated with her family to Chicago in 1997. She was selected from a field of over 50 candidates, the largest applicant pool to date for the MIW-Nielsen Music Mentoring Program. The one-year mentorship matches a female programming candidate with key mentors from both the MIW Radio Group and Nielsen Music, offering Ms. Barajas the opportunity to sharpen the programming and professional skills needed to further her career in music radio.
Ruth Presslaff, Founder and President of Presslaff Interactive Revenue and an MIW Group executive committee member said, “The number of outstanding candidates who applied for the program this year made it a very difficult decision for our panel of judges. We are heartened by all of the gifted women we’re seeing in music programming.” In addition to the one-year mentoring opportunity, Barajas also received a scholarship to attend the recent Radio Show in Orlando and was officially introduced at the MIW Group’s traditional Radio Show dinner on Sept. 25.