About Us

Mi Estilo is a Spanish bilingual publication looking to represent the changing faces of professional Latinos in the Metro Detroit area. We believe in inclusion as the way to bridge differences and accurately portray Latinos in all of our different backgrounds and shades.

Mi Estilo believes that integrity and honesty as being the foundation for establishing and building a top-quality publication.

Lastly, we believe that Latinos can be both American and Latino, while remaining true to both complementary sides of their identity.

Integrate…not assimilate.

About Our Team

General inquires: contactus@miestilomag.com
Twitter: miestilomag.com
Facebook: Mi Estilo Mag

Renée Gonyeau
Public Relations Director
Email:  rgonyeau@miestilomag.com
LinkedIn:  Renée Gonyeau

Renée Gonyeau is the public relations director and a founding partner of Mi Estilo. She is Mexican and Caucasian, which allows her to understand what it is like to be influenced by two cultures. Renée has spent time studying and traveling in Mexico and has lived in Los Angeles. She grew up outside of Detroit and currently resides in Royal Oak, MI. Renée holds an undergraduate degree from Wayne State University in Spanish and a Masters in Business Adminstration from the University of Phoenix. She has worked with numerous non-profits throughout Michigan and the Los Angeles area. Renée has  created programs that have empowered the Hispanic community such as the Teen Leadership Development Institute at Hollywood High School and work at Covenant House California.

Renée brings business and public relations insight to Mi Estilo. She has acquired photography skills throughout the years and contributes photos for Mi Estilo. Renée believes that Mi Estilo will help provide a unique, progressive voice to the Latin community of metro Detroit.

José Rodriguez
Editor-in-chief
Email:  jarodriguez@miestilomag.com
Twitter:  jrodcc2007
LinkedIn: José Rodriguez
Phone: 313.207.1636

José A. Rodríguez is editor-in-chief and one of the founding partners in Mi Estilo. He was born in Detroit. José is a first-generation Mexican that grew up speaking Spanish until kindergarten. He received his undergraduate degree in English from University of Michigan-Dearborn with minors in History and Hispanic Studies.

José brings previous writing experience as well as his observations of being both Latino and American. He feels that individuals can acknowledge both sides of their identity while remaining true to themselves. José feels that Mi Estilo can be a vehicle to bridge the gap between all kinds of Latinos and those interested in Latino culture. He also feels that before we bring attention to others that we need to look at ourselves.

Paula Anderanin
Creative Director
Email:  panderanin@miestilomag.com
Twitter:  ppapola
LinkedIn: Paula Anderanin

Paula Anderanin is the creative director for Mi Estilo and is a founding partner.  Paula has had the experience of growing up in Argentina and the United States. She is heavily influenced from the culture exposed by her native country where she lived until she was 14 years old. Paula spent her young adulthood living in the suburbs of Metro Detroit where she experienced American culture.

After graduating from the College of Creative Studies with a major in Graphic Design, Paula moved to California. She spent 3 years running her own design business there. After returning to Michigan, Paula worked  for the largest minority advertising agency in the United States, GlobalHue. She had the opportunity to refine her skills in multicultural advertising. Paula believes that there is a need to bridge together the population of Latinos in Metro Detroit and sees the magazine as an opportunity to fill this gap.

Our Contributors

Rhonda Gutierrez
Writer

Rhonda Gutierrez is a writer for Mi Estilo Magazine.  She is a full-time student, currently working towards her bachelor’s degree of psychology.  Rhonda has been employed by the Applebee’s Corporation since 2000.  Working as a server gives her the opportunity to network and meet all kinds of interesting people.  The most important job Rhonda has is the job of mother.  A working mom of two children, ages twelve and three, she finds organization and time management to be very important life skills.  Parenting and family articles are most interesting to her, as her some of her parenting experiences are familiar to others.
Growing up in Southwest Detroit, Rhonda had the opportunity to be raised among a variety of ethnicities.  The Detroit Public School system and the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Detroit offered great exposure of children of all cultures.  Rhonda is a mixture of Mexican, Italian, Irish, English, and Cherokee Indian.  Rhonda and her family lived with her great-grandfather who was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, until she was four years old.  She developed a strong bond with her grandfather and, as a result, has a great love for Mexican culture.

Rhonda’s future goals include working as a therapist for children.  Currently residing in Wyandotte, she would love to see more Hispanic culture in her new city.  She plans to bring awareness to the public school system and the city.  In her spare time, she plans on devoting volunteer time toward helping abused children in Southwest Detroit.
She is hoping that the Mi Estilo Magazine will bring awareness to Latino culture and unite all the beautiful people of these cultures to strengthen the community.
You can read Rhonda’s blog at:  http://mividaloca-mividaloca.blogspot.com/

Crissy Zamarron
Writing intern

Crissy Zamarron is writing intern here at Mi Estilo magazine. She was born in Detroit and was a part of one of the first ethnic families in her neighborhood Dearborn Heights. However, being Mexican American made her unique in her life growing up, and has become a source of pride for her. Her love of writing began in high school as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper and continues to this day. She attends the University of Michigan-Dearborn where she is majoring in English and hopes to minor in both Communications and Music History. Her goal is to be a music journalist one day and to also write novels. Crissy currently lives in Westland and works at a local department store while attending to school. With her spare time Crissy also oves performing and is also working on writing songs and creating an album. Her family is the most important thing in her life and her goal is to do well enough in life to take care of them forever.

“Give me a chance to shine and I’ll blind the world.”- the transplants

Pablo Calonge
Writer
Email:  pcalonge@miestilomag.com
Personal Blog:  lalupadelgachupa.blogspot.com

Pablo Calonge is an indomitable creature that happens to write. This nomadic entity has sailed the seven seas. Madrid, México City, Miami, San Juan and Detroit have successively  adopted  to this son-of-Spain. As creative director he worked for the principal advertising multinationals worldwide. He feels that the global conscience is changing very fast and for good. Today, he feels like writing and that´s what the does. Enjoy it.

Pablo Calonge es una criatura indómita que resulta que escribe. De hecho esta entidad nomádica ha cruzado los siete mares. Madrid, México DF, San Juan y Detroit han adoptado sucesivamente a este reverendísimo hijo de España. Como director creativo ha trabajado para las principales multinaciones de la publicidad. Siente que la conciencia global está cambiando muy deprisa y para siempre. Hoy, prefiere escribir y eso, es exactamente lo que hace. Disfrútenlo.

Cintia Neary
Writer

Cintia lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina until the tender age of 13. At that time she and her family moved to Rochester, MI. To say that that was a big adjustment would be an understatement. As if moving to another country and learning a new language were not enough, her senior year in High School she had to attend a new school due to her family moving to Troy. But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and so life goes on and you have to move on with it if you want to learn from your experiences.
Cintia graduated from Oakland University (Psychology degree) in 2002 and is currently tutoring Spanish to adult students.