Martha Cabral
Director of Administration & Corporate Communications | Co-founder
Career
Martha has helped build Mazara from its beginnings, shaping both how the firm communicates with its audiences and what life inside the firm feels like.
A co-founder of Mazara Abogados, she has led Administration and Corporate Communications since 2016, actively helping to build the firm's identity and culture. In her role, she drives initiatives that strengthen a sense of belonging, recognize the team and create opportunities to share, celebrate and connect. It is a dimension of her work that the #MazaraTeam sums up in its own way: the “Head of Happiness.”
A communications professional and strategist, she began her career in 2007. Her experience has allowed her to practice communications from different perspectives: developing strategy, crafting messages and delivering them directly to audiences.
Before fully taking on Mazara's communications leadership, she worked in institutional communications, media and creative projects in the Dominican Republic and Spain. She worked in marketing, publications and institutional communications for a nationally recognized healthcare institution, then became Creative Director of a communications agency, leading public relations projects, launches and brand experiences for companies and institutions across sectors.
Her media experience spans audiovisual production, directing and television, along with more than six years as on-screen talent in news, interviews, panel discussions, variety shows, specials and nationwide broadcasts. That versatility also extends to the stage, where she serves as presenter and master of ceremonies for companies, brands and institutions at openings, corporate gatherings, galas and institutional events.
Areas of expertise
Corporate & Strategic Communications | Internal Communications & Organizational Culture | Public Relations | Digital & Audiovisual Communications | Creative Direction & Brand Experiences | Event Management & Communications | Corporate Social Responsibility.
Sectors & industries
Legal & Professional Services | Healthcare | Public Institutions | Nonprofit Organizations | Communications & Media | Entertainment | Corporate & Institutional Events.
Selected experience
Brand and culture building | Mazara Abogados
Since co-founding the firm, she has helped develop its identity, narrative and positioning, leading corporate and internal communications, organizational culture initiatives, stakeholder relationships and social responsibility projects.
Creative direction and brand experiences
As Creative Director, she conceptualized and produced corporate launches, developed visual identities for international events and directed digital communications, content and public relations strategies for companies and institutions across sectors.
Editorial and institutional communications
She has worked on marketing, publishing and institutional communications projects, including editorial coordination of a scientific journal specializing in healthcare.
Television and audiovisual production
Her career includes television directing and production in Spain and on-camera work in the Dominican Republic, across news, interviews, panel discussions, variety programs, specials and national broadcasts.
Event presentation and hosting
As presenter and master of ceremonies, she has worked with companies, brands and institutions at corporate events, openings, galas and institutional gatherings.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Social Communication, Summa Cum Laude — Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (UCSD), 2010.
Master's degree in Television Program and Format Production and Design — Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and Instituto de Radio Televisión Española (IRTVE), 2012.
Diploma in Communication with a Focus on Human Rights and Sustainable Development — Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) and United Nations Dominican Republic, 2025.
Diploma in Managerial and Strategic Communications — Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), 2018.
Diploma in Communications Direction and Public Relations Management — Universidad del Domínico Americano (UNICDA), 2012.
She also has additional training in digital communications, social media, branding, voice presentation and event hosting, with studies undertaken in the Dominican Republic, Spain and Brazil.
Law studies — Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (UCSD), ninth four-month term, academic index 3.92.
Languages
Spanish — Native | English — Advanced | French — Basic | Portuguese — Conversational
Memberships
Asociación Nacional de Jóvenes Empresarios (ANJE) | Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas (CDP)
Social impact, pro bono & volunteering
Her social commitment focuses particularly on children, education, inclusion and the environment. She has collaborated with UNICEF through both the Gran Teletón Juntos por la Niñez and awareness campaigns for different causes on her digital platforms.
At Mazara Abogados, she helps conceptualize and communicate social responsibility initiatives focused on the wellbeing of children and adolescents and strengthening communities. These include Sembrando Esperanza, whose first edition involved improvements to a school in El Tablazo, Cambita, San Cristóbal, alongside activities to bring together and support its school community.
In environmental preservation, she has actively participated in Mazara Abogados' reforestation initiatives, as part of the firm's commitment to sustainability and the protection of natural resources.
Teaching, speaking & publications
She has been a guest speaker in academic and educational settings, sharing her professional experience with university and secondary school students.
She coordinated the fifth edition of a scientific journal specializing in healthcare and authored the study “Effects of the Lack of Regulation in Television Media on the Practice of Communications Professionals and Its Impact on University Viewers Aged 18 to 35 in the National District, Dominican Republic, During the First Four Months of 2010,” developed at Universidad Católica Santo Domingo.
She is the creator and host of La Quintaesencia con Martha Cabral, an audiovisual interview and conversation project.
Awards & recognition
Throughout her career, she has received recognition for academic and professional achievement. In 2023, she was named Promesa de la Comunicación at the Gala Nacional de Premios La Flor and received a Special Regional Recognition for her career and contribution to national television. In 2024, she was nominated for Presenter of the Year at the same awards.
Previously, she received a Fundación Carolina scholarship in 2011 and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Universidad Católica Santo Domingo in 2010. That same year, the Executive Committee of JCI Femenino Santo Domingo, Inc. recognized her contribution to the institution.
Early in her career, she was recognized as “Young, Entrepreneurial and Outstanding Woman of the Year 2007” in Journalism and Communication by JCI Femenino Santo Domingo, and was selected to participate in Espacio Televisa in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2007.
Personal
An animal and nature lover, she particularly values family time and discovering new destinations through their food, culture and people. She also has a special interest in fashion, art and wellbeing, and considers a good cup of coffee and a conversation in good company among her everyday pleasures.
