Monyka Berrocosa is a Montreal, Canada native, world traveler and advocate for women in business living in Baltimore, MD since 1998. A graduate of McGill University’s prestigious management program, with an associate degree in psychology and social studies, M provides a combination of corporate know- how and entrepreneurial success as one of the Mid-Atlantic area’s most vocal and involved advocates for women in business and women& family centric non-profit organizations.

Monyka (or, simply, “M” as she prefers to be called) started her business, Grape Ventures LLC, in 2000. Her company began providing primarily wine event and educational services, as well as publishing the area’s first wine-centric web site “GrapeEvents.com”. Grape Events ha d primarily focused on corporate functions and association meetings, private parties, and online media related to wine. Over time, her adeptness at crafting Public Relations, Media, Marketing and Promotion as an adjunct to her base business attracted the attention of her clients - many of whom were business owners. By happenstance more than by intent, she soon found herself providing promotion & media consulting areas of expertise on a sporadic basis as more and more clients asked for her help in this regard.
Grape Ventures has eventually evolved into much more than a gourmet event- centric company and online publication. Through it’s combination of event production, media and marketing and public relations consulting (primarily to solo-preneurs and women-owned businesses) it eventually positioned itself to specialize itself in creating concepts with a conscience.

With a strong commitment to good corporate citizenship, the bulk of Grape Venture’s activities has eventually grown  to encompass the principles of connecting people, organizations and companies,  consistently giving back both financially and in kind to the community.

In 2005, M first became interested in the idea of a nationally standardized but regionally focused online directory and community for women in business when she began to search for such a resource  from which both she and her female clients could benefit . Not finding anything other than private associations and other listings (most of which were either too expensive or not efficient) she set the search aside and focused on growing her existing business.

In 2006 a conversation with a good friend who expressed similar frustration at the fact there was no online place specifically for women in business and the companies who wished to do business with them to connect got her thinking that  there was both a business  and a networking opportunity in developing such a concept.

After months of market research in the end of 2006 she started to develop the idea of creating such an online community. She decided to commit herself to developing a useful, technologically superior and efficient resource for women in business, non-profit organizations and/or companies seeking to connect with each other in a practical, dynamic and real time environment.
Hence MyCity4Her™.

The innovative concept is centered on the principle of providing effective visibility in a manner that is affordable, timely, and efficient to those who stand to benefit from it most. The company’s mission is centered on the belief that good corporate citizenship strengthens both the community, the economy, and is just good business.  As a further commitment to this belief, a portion of the proceeds of all revenues generated by the concept will be directly donated to the Giving Spirits Foundation, a 501(c) (3) charitable foundation. These funds will be distributed annually to organizations providing assistance, empowerment, and education to women, children and families.

When asked what she is most proud of, M says it has to be her 4 year old son Alexandre. The rest she is famous for saying, “is gravy”.