In addition, she is a social media specialist who has been ranked as one of the top five Rhode Islanders for social media influence by KLOUT, a company that measures and scores influence on social media sites.
“There are so many different things and there is not one thing that makes it stand out.”Ī Warwick resident since 1991 and a graduate of Cranston High School West, Cruz says she is a self-taught networking event coordinator and trade show producer. “It is such a collaboration of interests for women,” said Cruz. It features more than 150 vendors, including local businesses, makeovers, seminars, presentations, fashion shows, cooking demonstrations and more. The Expo is held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, at Twin River Casino in Lincoln. This Sunday, Pat Paolino Cruz will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the bi-annual Southern New England Women’s Expo, an event she founded and has co-produced since 2005.
