A reference of value in this North American society is to become a successful immigrant. Seeking stability and positively pursuing the opportunities that our countries of origin have denied us are fundamental elements that we insistently pursue when we decide to migrate. But that, in addition to this, she manages to be a very successful entrepreneur, a completely powerful woman, the best mother in the world and a human being who acts to help her neighbor, are special characteristics that are rarely found in the world. . Unique characters who urgently need to be removed from anonymity to provide an example to this humanity, sometimes "cold", sometimes passive. Karina Montoya, economist at the San Buenaventura University of Cali, director and owner of 5TH HQ, is a living example of the above.
To achieve what was achieved, the path that this “powerful” woman decided to take was not adorned with gardens. Karina had to travel a path full of many difficulties. Without knowing the language and with his tourist visa, faced with the situation of insecurity and few opportunities in his country, he decided to pack his suitcase from his native Colombia in 2003. At 24 years old, he had to start from scratch to learn the language . Without fail, and with the persistence of the winners, he went to Palm Beach Community College every day to learn English, while working doing everything in a dental office, his first job. With that rebellion and strength that characterizes her, and with which she has always moved forward, lasting over time, she accepts a new job opportunity in a beachfront hotel as a receptionist without even knowing how to speak English. And like everything that is proposed, it becomes indispensable due to its excessive proactivity, to the point that not knowing English became a detail without any urgency.
Karina Montoya meets love and gets married. She decides to be a mother without sparing efforts in the persistent search for her achievements as a working woman and constant guide of her two new lives: Ernesto and Valentina. Her empowerment that has taken her to the abyss, stands out when, due to situations of fate, she has to separate, and risk her stable exposure in the face of a hard and complicated world, especially when she is a woman and mother of two children, in a society demanding time and productivity. In 2009, he ventured into social service, working for the state of Florida until his first opportunity appeared in an important employment agency in 2012. And it is here where he worked his way, preparing his harvest, learning everything about the business. . She sees the opportunity to start a new work life project in 2017, when she decides to become independent, assuming risks and quickly adapting to circumstances, to become one of the best "talent hunters" in her area. Under the immeasurable support of her two children, who accurately call her: Wonder Woman, she shines with the light of superheroes, becoming one of the most sought after by many companies and requested by Hispanics eager to start their new career path. in this country.
In 2019, he created his own employment agency: 5TH HQ. Karina's impressive and constant capacity, attentive to all the possibilities of an active market and willing to serve, also involved with the Hispanic community, leads her company to position itself, under her direction, as one of the employment agencies with the greatest growth in the state of Florida, reaching more than 300 employees in the labor market before the pandemic.
Woman, mother, successful businesswoman, Hispanic, role model. It will be the guide of many, when years have passed, about her legacy, and in front of a perfect sunset, on an “island for two”, we are reminded that there was a “Wonder Woman” named Karina Montoya.
