This year at  SXSW (South By Southwest) 2011, I met Pamela Hernandez (@thrivefit) a personal trainer that is vegetarian.  It was great to find someone that had many things in common with me.

Since then I have had the opportunity to continue conversing with her on a many subjects. She also collaborated with me by writing a guest post for VegLatino that was very useful.

I wrote a post previously on the importance of having your backups in place when you are a solo small business owner or in my case there are only two of us.

Pamela has proposed a topic called ” Your Most Precious Capital Is You” which breaks the patterns of many other panels that I saw at SXSWi. I think Pamela is the perfect candidate since I have been able to learn a lot on taking care of myself by reading her blog posts and tweets.

Last year I was able to enjoy @beckymckray’s panel on small business and I think we where missing a few more small business panels at SXSWi. This information can be very useful to many of the small business owners like myself who attend SXSWi and I already submitted my vote.

So in support of Pamela Hernandez, who has supported me in many ways since march, I ask you to go by and vote for her session so we can have another Latina and Vegetarian representing us at SXSWi.

Your Most Precious Capital Is You

Description of Session

What would happen to your business if something happened to you? Most entrepreneurs take great care to plan and care for all aspects of their business except for the one that may be the most important of all: their own health and wellness. The most important investment you may make is in your fitness. Learn how get more energy and be more productive by adding fitness to your business plan. We will discuss fitting exercises into a busy schedule, how to workout anywhere and how the technology we love can help us be healthy.

Questions Answered

1. How much exercise do I need for good health?
2. I’ve got 30 minutes to exercise, what do I do?
3. I don’t have money for a gym membership, what do I do?
4. I’m on the road most of the time, what kind of workout can I do on the road?
5. What are the best fitness apps and technology tools?

What did you think of the Panel? Have you participated at South by Southwest?