Investigating Novalina Jennie Betancourt

For this project, our teacher brought in someone we knew nothing about. We had about 45 minutes to ask them any questions we wanted to try to find out their life story. Then, we wrote a short biography. Following is mine.

Love, connection, growth, authenticity, and relationships. These five words not only describe Novalina Jennie Betancourt’s most important values, but also influenced the path she chose for her life. From her book, The Total Female Package, to what she looks for in a relationship, Novalina is always searching for her five important values. Her basic core values were instilled her close-knit Puerto Rican family in San Francisco, especially her father who followed his true dream instead of the sanitation career suggested by his parents. These values determined her life path-from her choice to go to college at UC Davis, far away from her hometown, because of the extremely connected professors she found there, to her decision to quit her long term job for a technology company. She worked at the company as a personal development director, making teams work together well, but when she left she become a radio DJ, combining her love of women and music, especially hip hop, with a great speaking voice. She now works as a writer whose new book (The Total Female Package), along with the book she co-authored with some of the authors from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and the book The Secret, called Strategies for Success, is helping women to become fulfilled people through her five values. Novelina also knows what she wants in a relationship. She intends to get married someday and have two children of her own before adopting “lots” and she is convinced she will know the right person when she finds them. Novalina has had a few long relationships, which ended on mutual and friendly notes. In fact, she still remains good friends with her old flames. What’s in the future for Novalina? Her ideal world would include, of course, her ultimate marriage- “A perfect me, for a perfect mate. Imperfectly.” Her book would have expanded into a franchise series that she discussed on her reality talk show where she would have 13 weeks to turn a woman with a dream into a passionate, fulfilled, woman “package”. The love that Novalina gives to everyone she meets and everything she does shines through brightly. This is one woman to watch out for in the years to come!