MIAMI, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The series “Ismael Cala en Puerto Rico,” another of the host’s major projects in his new professional chapter, made its debut yesterday on the channel OnDirecTV.

“Ismael Cala en Puerto Rico” has five one hour chapters. The show will be aired in Latin America and the United States shortly after its premiere in Puerto Rico.

The purpose of the series is to explore the culture, idiosyncrasies and profiles of entrepreneurship and conditions of the country through people who have marked a before an after in the recent history of Puerto Rico.

Cala had rich conversations with Lucecita Benítez, Andy Montañez, Rafael Ithier, Yolandita Monge, Gilbertito Santarosa, Danny Rivera, Antonio Martorel, Tito El Bambino, Siete, Jacobo Morales, Blanca Eró, Modesto Lacen, Stella Nolasco, Francisco Bonet, Roberto Serrallés and Ignacio Cortés Gelpí, among many other personalities on the island.

“First, I would like to thank Puerto Rico for allowing me to become so intimate with its rich culture and history. It is my honor to show the world the talent of Puerto Ricans through its best-known representatives,” said Ismael Cala.

Rafael Abudo Massó, the executive producer of the series, qualified the project as a “jewel, in terms of cinematography and content.” He added that it has “filled us with pride, and it has been an enriching experience to show the world a country brimming with talent and business growth through a communication icon and our friend, Ismael Cala.”

The series debuted yesterday at 9:00 p.m. on OnDirecTV, channel 161 in Puerto Rico.

ABOUT ISMAEL CALA

Life strategist and human development guru, best-selling author and international conference presenter. For more than five years, he presented the show CALA, at prime time on CNN en Español.

He is currently an official collaborator on the program “Awaken America,” for the Univisión chain, and he writes a weekly column for more than 50 publications in Latin America and the United States. “The New York Times” has called him “the Latin Larry King.”

Author of the best sellers “Despierta con Cala [Wake up with Cala],” “La vida es una piñata [Life is a piñata],” “El analfabeto emocional [The emotional illiterate],” “El poder de escuchar [The power of listening],” “Un buen hijo de P… [A real son of a B…],” and “El secreto del bamboo [The secret of bamboo],” Cala was born in Santiago de Cuba (1969) and has a degree in Art History from Universidad de Oriente. He is coauthor of the book “Beat the curve,” with Brian Tracy. He graduated from the School of Communication at the University of York in Toronto, and has a Seneca diploma in Television Production. He has worked with grand masters such as Deepak Chopra and John C. Maxwell, and has trained with coaches such as Tony Robbins and Miguel Ruiz. Cala belongs to a group of collaborating professors at Atlantis University and Next University. He is President of Cala Enterprises Corporation. Visit: http://www.ismaelcala.com/