Join us for a Facebook Live on Connecticut Women in Leadership

To wrap up Women’s History Month, Hearst Connecticut Media will host a virtual event featuring women in leadership roles talking about their lives, careers and tips for other women.

Called Connecticut Women in Leadership, the event will feature Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder of Rhythm Brewing Co.; Wendy Metcalfe, vice president of content and editor-inchief of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group; and Sara Bronin, an architect, attorney, professor, policymaker and founder of Desegregate Connecticut.

The discussion will be streamed over Facebook Live and the panelists will talk about the women that inspire them, how they overcame challenges and what advice they have for other women looking to pursue their own goals. Keila Torres Ocasio, managing editor of the Connecticut Post, will moderate.

The Facebook Live can be viewed on Tuesday, March 30 at noon.

A professional salsa dancer/instructor, Bowens-Mercado joined the craft beer scene in 2018. A craft beer lover herself, she set out on a personal quest to offer better beverage options to suit a wider array of palates and founded Rhythm Brewing Co. She made history by becoming the first African American, woman-owned beer brand in Connecticut and the fourth in the country.

Metcalfe joined Hearst Connecticut Media Group in 2019 vice president of content and editor-in-chief. She is also executive sponsor of the company’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council. She was previously director of content and editor-in-chief at Brunswick News — a Canadian media company made up of a number of publications, including the award-winning provincial newspaper the TelegraphJournal, where she also oversaw marketing and reader sales.

Bronin is a Mexican-American architect, attorney, professor, and policymaker specializing in property, land use, historic preservation, and climate change. She advises the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Sustainable Development Code, serves on the board of Latinos in Heritage Conservation, and leads Desegregate Connecticut.

Watch and chime in with your questions for the panelists at facebook.com/ stamfordadvocate.

Hearst Connecticut Media photo Called Connecticut Women in Leadership, Hearst Connecticut Media’s virtual event will feature, from left, Wendy Metcalfe, vice president of content and editor-in-chief of the Hearst Connecticut Media Group; Sara Bronin, an architect, attorney, professor, policymaker and founder of Desegregate Connecticut; and Alisa Bowens-Mercado, founder of Rhythm Brewing Co.