BGF
AMBASSADORS
The work of our ambassadors not only help us to give visibility around the world through their professional fields, but also helps us to attract partners, sponsors and donors.
ANABEL CLOTET
BGF AMBASSADOR
My name is Anabel, I am 56 years old, and I was born in Lleida. I have a degree in Business Administration and I work in sales.
In November 2024, I was diagnosed with a 3 x 4 cm meningioma in the posterior fossa. On January 9, 2026, I finally had surgery, and the operation was a success.
The day I received the MRI results, my world collapsed. I had the scan done that same afternoon. It was 11:30 p.m. and I already had the results. The only option is to grab your phone and search for that word you hear for the first time, “meningioma,” and try to find out what it is. You look up the location, the size of the tumor, and everything you read seems worse than the previous thing. I was terrified! And after a few days of searching, I found María, read her story, and came across Brains Get Famous. I wrote an email and they replied saying that María would contact me. That same day she called me, and she also called in the days that followed. At that moment, everything changed. Fear turned into hope, and María became an angel to me. Tears turned into laughter, and María became someone closer and closer, a friend I care about deeply and hope to meet in person very soon.
I love authenticity, honesty, my family, my dearest friends, those few people who have always been there for me, laughter, feeling like a child again, good moments—whether spontaneous or planned—trips to nearby or distant places, alone or with company.
I am delighted with this opportunity that life has given me, because the surgery was a success and, so far, my recovery has been good. And I am deeply grateful to the universe, to God, to those who watch over us from above, to those positive energies that surround us and touch us with their magic wand. For allowing this to be just a setback and for allowing me to continue enjoying everything I still have left to live, with optimism and generosity.
I love those people who, without even knowing you, take your hand and do not let go, for days and days, months and months—whatever it takes—with patience and love. They generously invest their time and resources, expecting nothing in return, and they keep their promise: “You are not alone!” They make this whole process easier and become indispensable in your life.
Thank you so much, Maria de Kannon, for everything: for listening to us, for helping us understand what goes on in our minds, how it affects our lives, our mood, and everything in general; for comforting us when we are afraid; for speaking kind words and offering us reassurance. Thank you for providing the help we need so that we can move forward with the best possible spirit and attitude.
Many thanks to Manuel Pedrosa and Christian Brogna for your support and help, for facilitating a diagnosis, reviewing the tests, and evaluating all possible options.
Many thanks to everyone who is part of Brains Get Famous.
ANTONIO DE REAL
BGF AMBASSADOR
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor.
Antonio del Real has directed seventeen films, four TV series (one of
them in co-production with Russia), a play and some documentaries
shot in India, Greece, Georgia or Prague. At the beginning of his
career, he made spots for television, combining this activity with
teaching Production Techniques and Artistic Media in the Autonomous
Community of Madrid (Conserjería de Educación y Cultura). He has
written more than twenty works in collaboration with other Spanish and
Portuguese authors.
He has participated twice (in 1989 and 2001) in the Directors' Fortnight
of the Cannes Film Festival, with his films "El río que nos lleva" and "La
mujer de mi vida". He has been invited twice by the American Film
Institute (Los Angeles) to participate in the European Festival. Some of
his films have participated in festivals in New York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Minneapolis, Montreal, Egypt, Tokyo, France, Italy... He has
worked as an actor in more than forty films and in about ten
professional plays.
SILVIA CACHAFEIRO
CBGF AMBASSADOR
Silvia Cachafeiro es directora de cine independiente. Tras trabajaren coperación en diversos países de Asia, y movida por las experiencias vividas en este contexto, Silvia decide abrazar su pasión por el cine y el arte. Se muda a Barcelona y se forma en la escuela de cine Bande à Part, donde recibe el premio de final de diplomatura por su trayectoria.
Silvia ha dirigido varios cortometrajes de ficción y documental, los cuales han tenido selecciones oficiales en diversos festivales.
En la actualidad, Silvia combina sus proyectos de cine y televisión con el trabajo de producción yrealización que lleva acabo en su propia empresa.
Stephanie Nash
BGF AMBASSADOR
Stephanie Nash has a passion for music, particularly hiphop, reggae and r&b. Stephanie lost her father in a car accident at the age of two and lost her mother to ovarian/cervical cancer in 2006. Stephanie is married and has two sons in university. Steph worked a full-time with the government. At the same time a few of her friends created together an hiphop audio podcast 2014. It was called Supreme Genes Radio. Steph built the website to host the on-line show and reached out to artists requesting interviews. Later on Steph created a new show called Supreme Ultra Radio. This show included audio and video interviews and some are available on her YouTube. Steph reached out to her good friend Sproxx to assist with the technical part of her new show. These interviews were both in-person and on radio.
In early 2014, Steph was asked by her friend Mic Boogie if she wanted to create her own radio show on MaxFM Hip Hop. Steph contacted her good friend Mustafa Shabazz from down south to work on a logo for her show. She and Boogie worked on creating the show theme song. The show launched December 2014 called Underground Express with Steph & Boogie. Steph also won an Ontario Arts Council grant for her beats in 2015, which had some of her favourite Canadian and America hip hop artists on her album. The album, True Grit was set to be finished in 08/2016, however Steph was diagnosed on June 19th, 2016 with Glioblastoma brain cancer. True Grit was released October 13th, 2017. Steph stepped away from all shows in 2016 to focus on her health and family. The average life expectancy for Glioblastoma brain cancer after diagnosis is 14 to 16 months, approximately 1% of patients will survive at least 10 years and the majority will have deficits. Steph recently reached a milestone on June 29th, 2023 celebrating seven years surviving Glioblastoma IDH-wild-type brain cancer. Steph does have some deficits including short term memory loss caused by radiation necrosis. Steph continues to share her journey advocating for a cure and better treatment options Glioblastoma.
JAVIER LINARES
BGF AMBASSADOR IN MEXICO
Lawyer by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Master's degree in foreign trade from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of
Madrid.
Representative of the government of Murcia in Mexico for 8 years.
Businessman with more than 30 years of presence in the Mexican market.
More than 100 industrial projects developed in Latin America.
Member of the board of directors of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Mexico.