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"Prioritize...Goal setting is basic to being an entrepreneur, but setting them is pointless if there's no way to reach them. Entrepreneur and educator Querida Lugo stressed the importance of establishing smart goals.  (Article by Go Banking Rates)

"Varies if I am in a good groove..."-Querida Lugo (Article for CB Nation)

Querida Lugo, Ed.D., specializes in counseling and innovative leadership. As the founder and CEO of a self-improvement website, she helps provide women with the tools they need to find growth in their careers and personal lives. Lugo is a big advocate of outsourcing tasks that you don’t have the time, energy, or desire to do.

"Failure and success equally pushed me, coupled with wanting to live a truly authentic life exactly the way I wanted."-Querida Lugo, Entrepreneur, Speaker, and Consultant (Article by Scott Amyx)

"Trust your instincts, be confident in everything you do even if you are wrong, and I would simply say you are doing a great job don’t be so hard on yourself." (Feature by International Association of Women)

Woman's World Magazine 

Querida Lugo’s The Beloved Brand Company is a one-stop-shop digital agency specializing in providing  small businesses, corporations, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and institutions with the tools required to get  more in touch with their self-value and closer to their next transformation. 

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) covers the Black Holiday Pop-Up indoor marketplace in West Philadelphia that features Black-owned entrepreneur businesses such as Bohemian Noire.  CBS highlights customer that purchased Bohemian Noire items.   

“It was important to me to also see women of color, images more dominant in the space. It’s usually more dominant to see white people in these spaces. So you’ll see the cards are predominantly images of black people or, Latino people. To give acknowledgement, we are here and present. And we want you to have as much access to greeting cards that look like you. That’s important to see yourself,” Lugo said.

Lugo emphasized the importance of being a Black business owner and Williamsport native, opening the doors to her shop just in time for Black History Month. As a woman of color, she said she believes in reinvesting into your native community, and as a Black business owner to set an example for future generations to come.

"I always try to find a small project that will not add stress in trying to complete it," therapist and lifestyle consultant Querida Lugo tells Bustle, pointing to crochet as an example.

"It’s very enlightening and, in ways, it provides a lot of closure to unsolved internal questions you have about yourself.”

Querida Lugo makes her art debut at DC area art show on March 5, 2023.

Dear President, As you might have seen from the news today the killings of two people of color in two separate acts. The climate is tense and I am concern for the student that are in summer school, our faculty & staff, and public safety. I myself was an emotional wreck as I had to pull over to the side of the road because I became overfilled with emotion and toyed with returning back home...

Querida Lugo, leads a workshop titled “Latinx Leadership’ for Bloomsburg University Hispanic Heritage Month

Baldwin Echos-Spring 2021

Querida Lugo teaching students at the Sankofa Conference how to connect to your ideal self. 

Flashlight 2014 Spring Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Student Newspaper p.50

Contributor Querida Lugo suggest several management books including how building relationships through language is key in leadership.

Bohemian Noire listed in the Directory  of Minority & Women-Owned Businesses 

Local Black Owned shop creates a sense of community by hosting En Blanc Brunch during historically celebrated Black Picnic Weekend.