Women | Business | Wellness Temecula, CA

Women | Business | Wellness Temecula, CA

Mar 4, 2026 | Events, Lifestyle

Women | Business | Wellness Temecula, CA

Thursday – March 26, 2026

Temecula, CA — HL | Culture & Influence proudly announces the launch of its Women | Business | Wellness series in Temecula, presented in partnership with Macy’s Temecula.

This invitation-only evening gathering will take place from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM, bringing together accomplished women in business, entrepreneurship, and community leadership for a curated experience focused on growth, financial insight, personal wellness, and presentation style.

Produced by ReWork Media Group, Women | Business | Wellness reflects HL’s ongoing commitment to capturing the culture and influence of our community — and creating environments where meaningful relationships are built.

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Evening Schedule

5:30 PM — Guest Arrival & Welcome Reception
Guests are welcomed with light refreshments while connecting with fellow professionals and community leaders in a relaxed networking setting.

6:00 PM — Welcome Remarks
Opening comments from the hosts of HL | Culture and Influence, produced by ReWork Media Group, along with acknowledgements of our partners and community supporters.

6:10 PM — Conversation: Business, Wellness & Financial Insight
A short moderated discussion highlighting perspectives on financial awareness, professional growth, and maintaining balance while navigating leadership and entrepreneurship.

6:35 PM — Presentation: Presentation Style & Personal Confidence
A brief presentation exploring how personal style and presentation can support professional confidence and leadership presence.

6:50 PM — Community Conversation & Networking
Guests are invited to continue the conversation, exchange ideas, and build meaningful connections with fellow attendees.

7:30 PM — Closing

PRESENTER

Genoveva L. Arellano is the Founder and President & CEO of Arellano Associates, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in public outreach and communications for transportation, urban planning, energy and water initiatives.

With more than 30 years of experience, Ms. Arellano has led the development of innovative engagement strategies that integrate digital tools, creative design, and inclusive community outreach. She provides strategic leadership on multi-jurisdictional infrastructure programs, including transportation, energy, water and other local planning projects, helping agencies incorporate meaningful public input into project development.

Her bilingual proficiency and deep connection to the Latino community have made her a trusted advisor for projects aimed at Spanish-speaking and underserved populations.

PRESENTER

Michelle Taylor is a senior operations executive with extensive experience in nonprofit financial counseling, housing programs, and regulatory compliance. At Credit.org, she serves as Senior Vice President of Business Operations, overseeing national programs in credit counseling, debt management, and housing stability. Her leadership ensures adherence to NFCC and HUD standards while advancing operational efficiency, staff development, and measurable client outcomes.

Michelle is recognized for building scalable systems, leading high-performing teams, and executing grant-funded programs with accuracy, accountability, and a commitment to financial empowerment. Her cross-agency experience makes her a trusted leader in implementing large-scale, mission-driven programs with both precision and empathy.

PRESENTER

Jackie Scott is the Director of the Inland Empire Women’s Business Center (IEWBC), where she leads efforts to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and scale successful businesses. A former entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience building and operating a wholesale distribution company, Jackie brings real-world insight to the founders and business owners she serves.

Beyond her role at IEWBC, Jackie is a recognized leader in the small business ecosystem. She serves on the CA WBC Network Steering Committee, chairs its Advocacy Committee, and holds board positions with the Microenterprise Collaborative Inland Southern California and the Association of Women’s Business Centers, where she also serves as Advocacy Committee Co-Chair.

COMMUNITY HOST PARTNERS

A Strategic Partnership

The collaboration with Macy’s Temecula reinforces the import

ance of presentation, confidence, and professional presence  elements that are often essential yet under-discussed components of leadership.

As a longstanding retail brand recognized for style and sophistication, Macy’s provides an ideal setting for conversations that bridge:

  • Personal presentation and executive presence

  • Financial clarity and wealth-building conversations

  • Entrepreneurship and career advancement

  • Wellness, balance, and sustainable leadership

This partnership elevates the experience beyond a traditional networking event. It becomes a statement about intentional growth.

Why Temecula? 

Located in the heart of Riverside County, Temecula represents economic momentum, entrepreneurial expansion, and a growing population of professional women shaping industries across the Inland region.

The evening format — 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM — allows guests to transition from their workday into a refined environment designed for thoughtful conversation and elevated connection.

This is not a large-scale conference.
It is not transactional networking.

Women | Business | Wellness is a curated room — intentional, intimate, and impact-driven.

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What to Expect

Guests can anticipate:

  • A welcoming reception atmosphere

  • Structured conversations and short-format presentations

  • Insights on presentation style and professional positioning

  • Dialogue centered around business growth and financial awareness

  • Editorial coverage on Hispaniclifestyle.com and InlandValleyLiving.com

Each element is designed to encourage connection among women who lead with purpose and are actively shaping the future of business and community life in the region.

A Growing Series

The Temecula launch marks the beginning of a broader Women | Business | Wellness initiative that will continue to explore:

  • Personal brand and executive presence

  • Wealth, finances, and ownership

  • Entrepreneurship and scaling with intention

  • Lifestyle choices aligned with long-term goals

  • Health, mindset, and sustainable success

The series aligns with HL’s editorial theme: Defining Culture and Influence… in our community.

Attendance & Future Invitations

Attendance is extended to HL subscribers, HL Partner Network participants, and invited community leaders.

Those interested in learning more about future Women | Business | Wellness gatherings are encouraged to:

  • Subscribe to the HL Update newsletter

  • Explore participation through the HL Partner Network

  • Visit Hispaniclifestyle.com and InlandValleyLiving.com for updates

CONFIRM ATTENDANCE HERE

Women | Business | Wellness is more than an event.

It is an intentional gathering.
It is a platform for growth.
It is a reflection of the leadership and influence being defined every day by women in our community.

 

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Baseball, Campus Visit, The Value of Family Time

Baseball, Campus Visit, The Value of Family Time

Mar 2, 2026 | Lifestyle

Baseball, Campus Visit, The Value of Family Time

by Richard Sandoval, for HL and Inland Valley Living

A Warm Southern California Evening  and a Glimpse of What May Lie ahead.

Saturday evening gave us something that doesn’t always come easy when your children grow older, intentional family time.

When our kids were younger, family outings were simple. Disneyland. Knott’s Berry Farm. Weekend adventures built around rides, treats, and souvenirs. Those memories are stored safely in what I like to call our “family vault.”

But when your son is 16, a junior varsity baseball player, your role as a parent evolves into creating exposure to what the future might hold.

They become less about theme parks and more about possibilities..

 A Different Kind of Saturday Night

Earlier in the week, while scrolling Instagram, I came across a video of a baseball coach from the University of San Diego walking around campus handing out tickets to that evening’s game. I thought it was brilliant  grassroots, personal, inviting.

It sparked an idea.

USD is only about 75 miles south of us roughly an hour and fifteen minutes without traffic yet I had only recently stepped on campus for the first time during a National Hispanic Publishers Association conference last November. I remember being struck by the architecture, the setting, and the intentional beauty of the campus.

So Saturday, we made the drive.

It was a warm San Diego evening hovering around 80 degrees the kind of night that reminds you why Southern California baseball feels different.

The San Diego Toreros baseball, a Division I program competing in the West Coast Conference, have built a respected baseball tradition, including conference championship success in recent years. On this night, they faced the Michigan Wolverines baseball in a competitive non-conference matchup.

The home team came up short that night, but for us, the experience was a win.

Exposure Matters

For our son, it was more than just watching a game.

It was an opportunity to:

  • See Division I baseball up close.
  • Observe the speed, discipline, and professionalism of the college level.
  • Walk through a private university campus and imagine possibility.
  • Feel what it might be like to compete at that stage.

There’s something powerful about exposure.

Teenagers don’t always say much in the moment. But you can see it in their posture. Their focus. The way they watch warm-ups. The way they study the players’ routines.

Seeds are planted quietly.

Family Time Looks Different Now

As parents, we understand that not every weekend can be a trip to Costa Rica or Venice. Sometimes the most meaningful experiences are two hours down the freeway, sitting in stadium seats, talking between innings.

Family time changes as our children grow. It requires intention. It requires creativity. It requires us to look for new ways to connect.

And sometimes it’s as simple as:

  • A baseball game.
  • A campus visit.
  • A warm evening.
  • And the realization that these years move fast.

Anytime you get the opportunity to spend time with your teenage son or daughter take it.

The window narrows quicker than we think.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS 

2026 Baseball, Campus Visit, and Family Time

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Aspiration & Affluence

Aspiration & Affluence

Feb 25, 2026 | Money, Finances & Wealth

Aspiration & Affluence

A Closer Look at Latinas Defining Wealth in the U.S.

There is a quiet shift underway.

Across the United States, Latinas are moving beyond conversations about participation and potential. They are building assets, strengthening balance sheets, leading organizations, investing in property, prioritizing health, and thinking generationally. The narrative is evolving from earning to ownership, from visibility to influence.

This March, during Women’s History Month, HL | Culture & Influence will launch an ongoing documentary-style series titled:

Aspiration and Affluence: A Closer Look at Latinas Defining Wealth in the U.S.

This series will examine how Latinas are redefining what wealth means—not as status or spectacle, but as agency, stewardship, and long-term strategy.

Why This Series Now

The U.S. Hispanic market generates more than $3 trillion in annual economic output. Behind those numbers are women executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, investors, and community leaders who are shaping financial futures with discipline and intention.

For years, our editorial lens has highlighted leadership and enterprise. In this next chapter, we take the conversation further: how financial confidence changes decision-making; how career progression becomes asset-building; how aspiration matures into affluence with purpose.

This is not about consumption. It is about clarity.

What We Will Explore

Each installment will approach wealth-building through lived experience and data, examining:

  • From Ambition to Assets: The transition from income to ownership

  • Financial Literacy & Strategy: Investing, retirement planning, and risk management

  • Home & Real Estate: Property as foundation and legacy

  • Career & Equity: Leadership, negotiation, and enterprise value

  • Health & Longevity: Protecting the asset that makes everything possible

  • Presentation & Presence: How confidence and refinement evolve over time

  • Mobility & Lifestyle Choices: Decisions that reflect alignment, not impulse

  • Intergenerational Planning: Teaching wealth with intention

Our aim is to present a measured, research-informed look at affluence as a reflection of maturity and influence—how wealth is earned, how it is managed, and how it is passed forward.

A Documentary Lens with Purpose

In keeping with HL’s commitment to clarity and credibility, this series will pair real stories with current research, industry insight, and thoughtful analysis. We will profile women across sectors and geographies, explore patterns and progress, and ask the harder questions about access, responsibility, and legacy.

Women’s History Month is a meaningful starting point not only to celebrate achievement, but to examine the structural shifts shaping the next generation.

This is more than a theme.
It is a reflection of where we are and where we are going.

Aspiration and Affluence begins this March on Hispaniclifestyle.com.

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California Dream For All program

California Dream For All program

Feb 13, 2026 | Community, Home Tu Casa

California Dream For All program

Dream For All will resume accepting applications in February to help more first-generation homebuyers

Californians can apply for Dream For All conditional approval beginning February 24

The California Housing Finance Agency’s Dream For All Shared Appreciation Loan program will begin accepting applications for down payment assistance on February 24th.

The life-changing down payment assistance program, which offers first-generation homebuyers up to 20% of their home purchase price or appraised value in down payment assistance, will be using a random selection process to facilitate the equitable distribution of state funds.

CalHFA expects to make $150 million to $200 million available for 2026, and potential applicants should start getting ready now. The random selection process will include Governor Newsom’s direction that at least 10% of the funding goes to applicants in a Qualified Census Tract.

The application window will close on March 16. After that, applications will be selected and audited. Recipients of conditional approval will have 90 days to shop for a home.

“The California Dream For All program has already helped thousands of Californians buy their first home,” said CalHFA Executive Director Tony Sertich. “As these homeowners begin to repay their loans, the funds are reinvested into the program to create a cycle that will continue far into the future, planting the seeds of generational wealth to help keep the California dream alive.”

Applicants will need to work with one of CalHFA’s Approved Lenders to get a Pre-Approval letter, prior to submitting their application. Other documents will be needed for submission, including a government-issued ID and parent information—the complete list is located on the Dream For All webpage along with other valuable program information.

“I didn’t think there was any way we could afford a house, especially in this area,” said Craig Terry, a youth program manager in Grass Valley. Terry and his wife applied for Dream For All but were placed on a waiting list. A few months later, the couple were approved and bought a home in August 2024. “It was a waiting game. Then, it got very real, very quickly.”

The California Dream For All program addresses the challenge of buying a home in California in several ways. First-generation homebuyers can receive a large enough down payment to eliminate the need for mortgage insurance and benefit from smaller monthly payments. The California Dream For All program’s shared appreciation loan will save the average homebuyer about $1,200 per month, according to California Forward, a nonprofit policy advocacy organization that prepared a report on shared appreciation for the California State Treasurer’s Office in 2022.

All borrowers must meet CalHFA’s Dream For All income limits – about $148,000 in Del Norte County, $168,000 in Los Angeles County and $309,000 in Santa Clara County.

The 2025-26 State Budget provided $300 million for the California Dream For All program, which will allow CalHFA to help approximately 2,000 additional households, including homebuyers that have been on the Dream For All waitlist.

Additionally, as those homeowners sell their homes, the state will recover the down payment plus a proportionate share of the appreciation and recycle those funds in order to assist more homebuyers.

The California Housing Finance Agency was created in 1975 with the goal of helping more Californians find a place to call home. CalHFA has helped more than 233,000 low- and moderate-income homebuyers with $43.5 billion in first mortgages and used $12.8 billion in financing for the construction and preservation of more than 85,000 rental housing units throughout the state. CalHFA is a self-supported state agency that doesn’t rely on taxpayer dollars for its operational costs but is currently administering various state and federal resources on behalf of the state through targeted programs. For more information on CalHFA programs, and how we are investing in diverse California communities, visit www.calhfa.ca.gov or call toll free at 877.9.CalHFA (877.922.5432).

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A Love Rooted in Faith

A Love Rooted in Faith

Feb 11, 2026 | Entertainment

A Love Rooted in Faith

Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera & David Barrera on Marriage, Respect, and Partnership.

By HL | Culture & Influence Editorial Desk
Love • Faith • Partnership • Photos by Richard Sandoval | Production by ReWork Media Group

In an industry often defined by uncertainty, travel, long hours, and public scrutiny, longevity in marriage can feel rare. Yet for actors Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera and David Barrera, more than two and a half decades of marriage have been anchored by something deeper than fame or circumstance: faith.

Hispanic Lifestyle has had the privilege of connecting with this remarkable couple on multiple occasions over the years. During a red-carpet conversation on June 15, 2024, they offered a candid and heartfelt reflection on what has sustained their relationship a message that feels especially fitting as Valentine’s Day approaches.

“Don’t fight against yourself. Once you’re married, you’re one  so fight for the relationship, not against each other.”

Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera & David Barrera

“Our Commitment to God”

When asked about the secret to their enduring marriage, Maria did not hesitate.

“I believe it is our commitment to God, to what He says He wants for marriage.”

David echoed that sentiment with disarming humility.

“Truthfully, God just brought her into my life. I didn’t have a plan. He brought the most amazing woman into my life, and I’m just like, ‘Thank you, Lord.’”

For both, faith is not a slogan  it is structure. It shapes how they see each other, how they communicate, and how they navigate conflict.

Maria shared that when she began to truly seek God, she believed preparation was happening behind the scenes.

“I have no doubt that when I started to really seek God, He was preparing David for me.”

But faith alone, they stress, is not passive. It requires effort.

“You have to work at it. You have to want it.”

Respect Over Ego

There’s a common refrain in Hollywood: “Don’t marry an actor.” The lifestyle can be unpredictable. The schedules are demanding. The industry can test stability.

Maria acknowledges that perception.

“People say, ‘Oh, don’t marry an actor. It’s too crazy, the business.’ And I get it.”

Yet for them, profession was secondary to character.

David shared something that may be the true cornerstone of their bond:

“I look up to her. I respect her. I want to be like her. And that makes me want to love her and be with her forever.”

Maria responded with the same depth of admiration:

“I really respect the man that he is. He’s very tender, and he’s also very strong.”

In their words, admiration fuels affection. Respect sustains attraction. And partnership requires seeing your spouse not as competition — but as inspiration.

Real Love Includes Real Conflict

They are quick to clarify: their marriage is not perfect.

“Of course we argue.”

But what separates healthy conflict from damaging resentment is how they handle it.

They follow a principle many couples hear but few consistently practice: never let the sun go down on your anger.

“Sometimes we’ll be laying there, and I’ll say, ‘I’m sorry I yelled at you. I love you.’” “God doesn’t want us to go to bed angry.”

They understand something profound: unresolved tension does not disappear overnight. It hardens.

Maria described how holding onto frustration often leads to something worse than the original disagreement.

“The next day, you forgot what it was even about, you just have this yucky feeling. And who wants that?”

Choose What You’re Fighting For

Perhaps the most powerful message they offered was directed at younger couples.

“Careful what you’re fighting for. Are you fighting for the person that is your other half to be your enemy?”

Once married, they remind us, you are no longer two separate sides trying to win.

“Don’t fight against yourself. Once you’re married, you’re now one. And we are one.”

That mindset reframes disagreement. It transforms confrontation into collaboration.

Gratitude as Daily Practice

Beyond faith and communication, what stands out most in their exchange is gratitude.

David calls himself the lucky one.
Maria says the same about him.
They thank each other openly.

It is simple. It is intentional. And it is powerful.

“I love you.”
“I love you.”

Not as performance,  but as practice.

A Valentine’s Day Reflection

At HL | Culture & Influence, we often spotlight leadership, legacy, and influence. But lasting love is leadership at home. It is daily discipline. It is choosing respect over pride, forgiveness over resentment, and unity over ego.

For our readers this Valentine’s Day, Maria Pilar Canals-Barrera and David Barrera offer a reminder:

  • Seek something greater than yourself.
  • Respect the person you married.
  • Apologize quickly.
  • Fight for the relationship, not against each other.
  • Never let gratitude fade.

In a world that moves fast, enduring love is still built slowly — one prayer, one conversation, one “I’m sorry,” and one “I love you” at a time.

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