Estefanía Rosas-Priego

Estefanía Rosas-Priego Bustos has two careers that complement each other in surprising ways. She studied Biology at the University of Guadalajara and later Management and Administration of SMEs at UNAM. If you add to that the fact that she grew up in a family dedicated to printed literature, you find someone who has brought a completely fresh vision to the world of audio content. In addition to being Head of Audiobooks at Pedro Y El Lobo Studios, she is CEO of Chicas Ruidosas.

Chicas Ruidosas is an audio production company based in Mexico City, dedicated to creating creative and exceptional experiences. We offer specialized services for a wide range of audio projects. From planning, recording, mixing, to mastering and post-production, our hallmark is to deliver the highest quality sound to our clients to make their stories resonate. We live with a passion for storytelling through audio and specialise in co-creating original content such as engaging podcasts, as well as producing audiobooks for renowned clients such as Storytel, Audible and Scribd (Everand). We firmly believe that voice and music are mediums to transport, inspire and connect, which is why we constantly strive to create art through sound.

Manuel Meza

Manuel Meza. For the last two years, he has been responsible for the literature area of ​​Santillana and for the last year, he has been responsible for all the company's products in Mexico. His entire career, inside and outside of Santillana, has been dedicated to understanding and revolutionizing the publishing markets in which he operates. His conviction is that if we change the consumer culture, we can change the way we think about the medium.

Loqueleo is a Santillana company that, during the ten years it has been on the market, has managed to consolidate a powerful, reflective, inclusive and coherent catalog with the world we live in. A child of its time, Loqueleo, for the last two years, has sought a way to revolutionize the way we consume stories, the way we connect with them. From the world of books to the world of stories and back again, is our mantra.

Eric Dabdoub

Eric Dabdoub is the CEO of John Marshall Media LATAM, and has more than 15 years of experience in the audiobook world. In the audio and recording industry, he has combined his passion for audio and curiosity about entrepreneurship to create studios and companies. Graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, fate led him to work in New York, where he gradually became immersed in the world of audiobooks, starting as an engineer/editor, moving on to become a director and then winning his first awards, Audies, Earphone Awards, among others. At the same time, he had the idea of ​​founding John Marshall Media LATAM in partnership with John Marshall Cheary, and, as they say, the rest is history. Today he is the leader of a team of more than 65 people specialized in the production of audiobooks. With an intact curiosity and passion for producing the best audiobooks possible, there is nothing that makes him more proud than seeing his team grow day by day, redefining excellence in the audiobook industry.

John Marshall Media Latam is the sister company of John Marshall Media Inc, and one of the leading audiobook producers in Latin America. John Marshall Media Latam has 5 Audie nominations for best audiobook production in Spanish, in addition to having participated in at least 20 other nominated productions in English. Among JMM LATAM's clients we proudly include PRH USA, PRH Grupo Editorial, Harper Collins, Disney, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, among a long list of prominent players in the global publishing industry.

Álvaro Ortiz

Audio industry professional in love with the audiobook format. For more than 4 years he was an audiobook producer at Penguin Random House and is now Content Director at Editorial audiolibre, a company he founded to create the audiobooks he always wanted to listen to and with the confidence that the audiobook is the present and future of the publishing industry.

audiolibre is a Mexican audio publishing company founded in 2023. With an experienced team that has developed hundreds of audiobooks and an audio-first vision, it is dedicated to the creation and management of audio catalogs, production and distribution of audiobooks in Spanish, focused on the Mexican and North American markets.

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