Introduce Yourself : Multi-talented Cuban in Nashville by Sheyla Paz Hicks

Originally from Cuba with a degree in Music Education, Sheyla has worked as a music teacher, a music band Manager and Producer in Cuba, also performed with a band before moving to the United States in December of 2000. After a couple of years of working as a model and actress in her new hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, Sheyla launched her own production company, Paz Communications and through it produced a TV show called Spanish-TV, a 30-minute show featuring the local news as well as entertainment news, public school information, health issues, cooking recipes, local events and more to the Spanish-speaking population in Middle Tennessee. In May 2012, guided by the demand for more online content targeting the growing Latino population in the U.S., Sheyla launched ENTERTAINMENT CIRCLE NETWORK (ECN) as an online channel. Through out her career as TV producer and host of her own TV show, Ms. Paz has interviewed José Feliciano, Oscar De La Renta, Carrie Underwood, Film Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritú, Oscar De Leon, Robin Roberts, and many more. Sheyla is very involved in the local community, doing volunteer work with the Art2Stem program at Alignment Nashville and the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools as well as the Tennessee Latin American Chamber. She served on the board of directors of Women in Film & TV Nashville.