Muriel’s Conversation with CRISTAL MONTAÑEZ BAYLOR
Cristal Montañéz Baylor, former Miss Venezuela, runway, print and television model, is the Executive Director of Hashoo Foundation, USA, 
a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization chartered in Houston,TX, with the mission of alleviating poverty through economic self-sustenance and education.
The Women Empowerment through Honey project is one of various strategies that are being developed to fulfill the founding philanthropic principles of the Hashoo Foundation in Pakistan and beyond.
Hashoo Foundation’s Women Empowerment Honey Bee Farming Project
selected as a finalists of the BBC World News and Newsweek World Challenge 08
TheWorldChallenge.co.uk/html/home.html
Hashoo Foundation’s Women Empowerment through Honey Bee Farming Project:
a “Feauture Commitment” on Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) website
http://www.ClintonGlobalInitiative.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=2759&srcid=2762
A committed mother of two successful young adults Gabriela and Hank, she is a dedicated public servant and a passionate philanthropist committed to promote changes that sustain the process of poverty alleviation through education and income-generating projects, which allows individuals to provide for themselves and their family independently.
Her exceptional passion for helping children has been highlighted in various local and international publications. In September 2000, she was distinguished as one of Latin American’s most prominent Humanitarians. In October 2002, she received the national award “Lo Mejor de lo Nuestro por Excellencia” in recognition for her work helping the children of the world. During the International Women’s Day commemoration in 2005, she was recognized by the organization “Gente de Barrios” for her work for the defense of human right and in pro of democracy in Venezuela.
Cristal is the President of the International Venezuelan Council for Democracy (IVCD) and the International Coordinator of the Venezuelan Resistance Abroad (RECIVEX). She served on the Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Greater Houston Area American Red Cross Marketing and Communications Committee, Montgomery County Allison Task Force Committee and the City of Houston’s Mayoral Advisory Board for International Affairs and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (MABIAD – AMERICAS).
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