Esmeralda Luna‑Ramos, PMP, is a Chemical Engineer with 15 years of experience at a Fortune 500 company, spanning process engineering, technical service sales, technology management, and business process auditing. She was named Chemical Engineer of the Year by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2013 during National Engineers Week, recognizing her technical excellence and leadership. In 2023, she took a career break, and the following year founded New Horizon Moms, the organization she wished existed when she began her own pause. As a Career Pause Coach, Esmeralda’s mission is to empower moms navigating a career break to stay connected to their purpose, skills, and earning power in every season of motherhood. Through New Horizon Moms, she offers strategic career‑pause planning, resume writing, interview coaching, and public‑speaking coaching.

Contact information:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newhorizonmoms/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NewHorizonMoms

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeralda-luna-ramos-pmp/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/newhorizon-moms/?viewAsMember=true

Email: newhorizonmoms@gmail.com

More information about Tatiana.

www.teachingsbytatiana.com

https://youtube.com/@teachingsbytatiana

https://www.instagram.com/teachingsbytatiana/

About Alex Noel:

Alexandra Noël received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences, her master’s in occupational and environmental health, as well as her PhD in Public Health, with a specialization in Toxicology and Risk Assessment, all from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal (Quebec, Canada). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Director of the LSU Inhalation Research Facility. She conducts in vitro and in vivo inhalation toxicology studies on cardio-pulmonary effects resulting from in utero and adult exposures to second-hand smoke, electronic-cigarette aerosols, nanoparticles, and particles from air pollution. Her publication record includes 48 peer-reviewed scientific articles. In addition, Dr. Noël is the leader of the Inhalation Toxicology Core of the LSU Superfund Research Program and the Director of Inhalation & Infection Core of the LSU Lung COBRE. She is a counselor for the Inhalation and Respiratory Specialty Section (IRSS) (2024-2026) of the Society of Toxicology (SOT). She is also the Chair of the Membership Committee (2025-2026) of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Dr. Noël is also a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (2022-2026) and she is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. Dr. Noël’s laboratory is currently funded by the NIGMS, the NIEHS and the NHLBI.