ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, ERIKA ENDER JOINED AS A PANELIST AT DAYS TO SHINE MIAMI, WHERE SHE SHARED HER VISION AND EXPERIENCES ALONGSIDE AN INSPIRING GROUP OF WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS. THE PANEL FOCUSED ON A TOPIC ERIKA HAS ALWAYS CHAMPIONED: TRUE SUCCESS IS BUILT FROM WITHIN, BY NURTURING HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING WHILE PURSUING YOUR GOALS. THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, ERIKA EXCHANGED VALUABLE INSIGHTS WITH OTHER LEADERS, CREATING A SPACE FILLED WITH MOTIVATION AND CONNECTION THAT LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON EVERYONE PRESENT. HER PARTICIPATION ONCE AGAIN REFLECTED HER COMMITMENT TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER THROUGH AUTHENTICITY, REMINDING US THAT HAPPINESS IS A KEY COMPONENT ON THE ROAD TO ANY ACHIEVEMENT.

THE GRAND FINALE OF TALENPRO 2025, HELD AT THE ARENA ROBERTO DURÁN AND BROADCAST NATIONWIDE TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION VIEWERS, WAS A SPECTACULAR CELEBRATION OF ART, YOUTH, AND PURPOSE. GUIDED BY ERIKA ENDER’S VISION AND THE LEADERSHIP OF FUNDACIÓN PUERTAS ABIERTAS, THE NIGHT OVERFLOWED WITH EMOTION AS TALENT AND PURPOSE CAME TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM LIVES. THIS YEAR’S PURPOSE FOCUSED ON REMODELING AND EQUIPPING 12 SCHOOL CAFETERIAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CREATING SELF-SUSTAINING GARDENS IN HIGH-VULNERABILITY AREAS TO HELP FEED AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE. THANKS TO THIS EFFORT, 3,429 PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY-SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE DIRECTLY BENEFITED IN 2025. OVER ITS NINE YEARS, TALENPRO HAS IMPACTED MORE THAN 54,444 PEOPLE NATIONWIDE. ON STAGE, ALL FOUR COMPETITION CATEGORIES DELIVERED POWERFUL PERFORMANCES. THE SHOW FEATURED THE SPECIAL PARTICIPATION OF KARINA BANDA, WHO THIS YEAR CO-HOSTED WITH ISMAEL CALA, ALONGSIDE NATALIA GONZÁLEZ AND MARCO OSES. SPECIAL HONORS HIGHLIGHTED THE EVENING’S SPIRIT: THE PREMIO AL PROPÓSITO WAS PRESENTED TO EMILIO ESTEFAN FOR HIS LEGACY; CARLOS BAUTE RECEIVED THE TALENPRO ARTIST RECOGNITION FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF ARTISTIC TRAJECTORY; GALE WAS DISTINGUISHED WITH THE NEW GENERATION AWARD AS A ROLE MODEL FOR EMERGING TALENT; AND THE FARO PANAMÁ AWARD WENT TO OLGA SINCLAIR FOR ELEVATING PANAMA THROUGH HER ART ON THE WORLD STAGE. TALENPRO IS A TRUE “PROJECT COUNTRY” INITIATIVE, A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD HOLDER AS THE LARGEST SOCIAL-DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION IN THE WORLD, LED BY ERIKA ENDER AND FUNDACIÓN PUERTAS ABIERTAS, HAND IN HAND WITH THE ENTIRE NATION OF PANAMA: THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, TELEVISORA NACIONAL (TVN) AS THE MAIN BROADCAST ALLY, THE MEDIA, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ARTISTS, CELEBRITIES, PERSONALITIES, FAMILIES, VOLUNTEERS, AND SCHOOLS. WINNERS 2025: ARIANIS GARCÍA (BEST PERFORMER) · JOHN BARRÍA (BEST SONG) · V.I.D.A. (BEST AUDIOVISUAL) · BLOOM’S DANCE CREW (BEST DANCE GROUP).

THE TELEMUNDO SPECIAL “CONECTADOS CON DAISY: ERIKA ENDER, THE POWER OF A WOMAN” HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS EMMY AWARDS, A RECOGNITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF THIS PRODUCTION DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE PANAMANIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER. WITH SENSITIVITY AND DEPTH, THE PROGRAM PORTRAYS ERIKA’S STORY, HER PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE, HER PATH IN MUSIC, AND HER LEGACY, POSITIONING HER AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FEMALE VOICES IN ENTERTAINMENT AND PHILANTHROPY. ERIKA ENDER EXPRESSED HER JOY AND PRIDE OVER THE NOMINATION, CONGRATULATING JOURNALIST DAISY BALLMAJO, ALREADY AN EMMY WINNER, AND THE ENTIRE TELEMUNDO PRODUCTION TEAM FOR THE RESPECT AND LOVE WITH WHICH THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED. THE NOMINATION CELEBRATES NOT ONLY THE TALENT OF THOSE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE BUT ALSO THE INSPIRATION THAT ERIKA’S STORY CONTINUES TO BRING TO AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE.

BILLBOARD RECOGNIZED “DESPACITO” AS THE NUMBER ONE SONG OF THE 21ST CENTURY, A MILESTONE THAT CONFIRMS THE HISTORIC IMPACT OF THE TRACK CO-WRITTEN BY ERIKA ENDER ALONGSIDE LUIS FONSI AND DADDY YANKEE. WHAT BEGAN ONE AFTERNOON BETWEEN COLLEAGUES WITH A GUITAR TURNED INTO A CULTURAL MOVEMENT THAT TRANSCENDED BORDERS AND OPENED DOORS FOR THE SPANISH LANGUAGE IN THE GLOBAL MUSIC INDUSTRY. “DESPACITO” NOT ONLY MARKED A BEFORE AND AFTER IN THE LATIN CROSSOVER INTO THE ANGLO MARKET, BUT ALSO BECAME AN ANTHEM THAT UNITED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. FOR ERIKA ENDER, THIS ACHIEVEMENT REPRESENTS MUCH MORE THAN COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: IT IS PROOF OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC. THE SONG WAS BUILT BY A “DREAM TEAM” OF ARTISTS AND PRODUCERS, FROM DADDY YANKEE’S ICONIC RAP TO THE REMIX WITH JUSTIN BIEBER, WHICH TURNED IT INTO AN UNPRECEDENTED PHENOMENON. THIS RECOGNITION REINFORCES HER VISION OF MUSIC AS A TOOL TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS, ELEVATE LATINO VOICES, AND SHOWCASE TO THE WORLD EVERYTHING HISPANIC CULTURE HAS TO OFFER.

ON SEPTEMBER 30, DURING THE 11TH EDITION OF THE PANAMÁ EN POSITIVO GALA 2025, ERIKA ENDER WAS HONORED WITH THE EXCELLENCE AWARD, A DISTINCTION THAT CELEBRATES THOSE WHO LEAVE A MEANINGFUL MARK ON THE COUNTRY. DEEPLY MOVED BY THE TRIBUTE, ERIKA HIGHLIGHTED THAT HER PRIORITY HAS NOT BEEN JUST TO FULFILL HER OWN DREAMS, BUT TO HELP PANAMA FULFILL ITS DREAMS THROUGH HER. SHE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS NOTHING SHE LOVES MORE THAN HER COUNTRY, A VALUE INSTILLED IN HER FROM HOME. THE CEREMONY TOOK PLACE IN PANAMA CITY, BRINGING TOGETHER DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITIES AND LEADERS WHO, LIKE ERIKA, CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATION'S PROGRESS AND INSPIRATION.

ON SEPTEMBER 25, ERIKA ENDER SHONE AT THE 2025 PREMIOS JUVENTUD, WHICH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, WERE HELD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, WITH PANAMA AS THE PROUD HOST. ENDER HAD THE HONOR OF OPENING THE GALA BY PRESENTING THE FIRST CATEGORY ALONGSIDE MAESTRO OMAR ALFANNO, GIVING A MEMORABLE WELCOME TO AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING. A SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE NIGHT WAS A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC PANAMA HAS GIVEN THE WORLD: ERIKA ENDER PERFORMED “DESPACITO,” OMAR ALFANNO SANG “A PURO DOLOR,” AND LOS GAITANES PERFORMED THEIR COMPOSITION “MUY DENTRO DE MÍ,” A SONG MADE FAMOUS BY MARC ANTHONY—ALL TOGETHER IN AN EMOTIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF PANAMANIAN SONGWRITERS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. ADDING TO THE MAGIC, ERIKA ALSO SHOWCASED ELEGANT LOOKS WITH REFINED PANAMANIAN TOUCHES, EMBODYING BOTH SOPHISTICATION AND NATIONAL PRIDE ON STAGE.