Gina Plata-Nino worked with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) where she served as a lead advocate on the Hunger Free Campus legislative campaign to help address food security issues among college students. Before MLRI, she served as a staff attorney at the Central West Justice Center of Community Legal Aid in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she oversaw the Food Security Project, which sought to address the underlying causes of food insecurity and identify ways to give residents acces...
Jan 30, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 125
Carla is an MSW graduate, a native of Puerto Rico, and a longtime resident of Worcester, County. As an Afro-Latina working mother of two boys, Carla understands the stress that can come with a fully packed life. Learning to balance her roles as a wife, mother, community advocate, board member, and social worker has pushed Carla to become a role model for the next generation. Carla being a leader is an avid advocate for women supporting women, loves volunteering, helping others, and giving back t...
Jan 23, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 124
Armida Abreu Martínez is the CEO & Founder of Divine Growth Coaching and a #1 best-selling author for Collaboration, visionaries share a new way of living. Armida's passion and purpose are to help her clients heal through deep and painful insecurities as well as relationship struggles and hardships. Armida obtained her Love and Authenticity Certificate as well as her Whole Healing Certificate from Authentic Living, where she learned how to facilitate internal healing by uncovering and addres...
Jan 16, 2023•52 min•Season 4Ep. 123
Elizabeth Cruz is the Team Leader for The Cruz Realty Group, with over 20 years as a realtor she has helped 100’s of Hispanic families become homeowners and investors. She owns and operates Cruz Control Property Management where she currently manages 26 units in Worcester County. She has a computer science degree and has helped & mentored girls to become involved in Science and Technology. She provided software engineer and project/portfolio management services to Fortune 500 companies. Eliz...
Jan 09, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 122
Ekaterina “Katrina” Fouche is the founder of For The Resilient Woman LLC. A women’s empowerment business geared towards helping women build confidence and accept their stories and past by providing guidance and support for the woman who is coming back from her setbacks and is in pursuit of making her wellness and self-care a priority. Katrina is a mother, an author, and a certified life coach. She helps women find their voices and share their stories through coaching and motivational speaking. S...
Dec 31, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Whether sharing her life experiences and knowledge through impactful talks, workshops, leadership training, life coaching, or videos, Maria uses stories to bring encouragement, education, and love to empower others to get out of their way and break free from hindering thoughts or beliefs, so that they can live amazing lives and leave their unique and positive mark on the world. She is passionate about living with intention, creating spaces of love, joy, and fun, connecting with others, overall h...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 120
Marsha Battee is an event and retreat planning strategist for visionary entrepreneurs who want to create awe-inspiring experiences for their clients. From ideation to day-of execution, Marsha is an expert in all aspects of event planning, whether it’s a small, intimate gathering or a high-end multi-day conference. Most recently, she hosted the 1st Annual Black Nurses Week Conference , a 3-day event for which she secured a dozen speakers and $25K in sponsorships. Prior to starting her own event-p...
Dec 19, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 119
The success of business coaching is also dependent on our physical and mental health. Consuming enough nutrients and practicing basic health principles are just as important as knowing what entrepreneurial experience we can offer our clients. Be a hero for entrepreneurs as a mentor and expert but also be the savior of yourself, life, and your family through a sound mind and well body. Dani Whitestone helps women entrepreneurs grow successful small businesses because she believes entrepreneurship...
Dec 16, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Sarah Muniz has been in the insurance industry for over 20 years working on the agency side as a Customer Service Representative, Producer within aggregators and insurtech. Her time in insurance has been both rewarding and frustrating. The rewarding part is in helping others as she increases her knowledge about insurance while also supporting her family in one of the most stable industries. The frustration comes from numerous glass ceilings and a general gender bias within the industry. While wo...
Dec 16, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Ati Grinspun is a strong, passionate woman who is determined to take women business owners to the next level! As the founder, personal branding coach, and photographer of the Be You Brand Academy, she works diligently to empower and teach women how to build exceptional, profitable AF personal brands! She utilizes one-on-ones and group coaching environments to help women shed the fear of presenting their true selves in a society where social media either makes or breaks you! As Ati would say, “Cl...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 116
Donna Sovie brought her dream to fruition in January 2020 when she found Check & Balance Solutions, LLC. with more than 22+ years of diverse experience in the construction, wholesale distribution, and service industries. These experiences, combined with her education, have provided Donna with detailed knowledge of the accounting and operations process and how each plays a different role in affecting the bottom-line results. Donna decided the best way she could serve small businesses was to e...
Dec 12, 2022•49 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Bebesita & Latina Coach Paulette Piñero gets raw about her experiences and story. You don't want to miss this conversation about what makes a Latina #unstoppable . Paulette Piñero is your Latina Leadership Coach. As a perfectly imperfect Latina CEO and mami of 2, she understands what it is to be systemically overlooked . With over 16 years of experience developing powerhouse líderes, she's ready to show you how to harness your strengths so you can turn your purpose into impact and become uns...
Dec 05, 2022•28 min•Season 3Ep. 117
Sheena is a powerhouse and a work in progress! She is a single mom of 5, a business owner, and a community advocate. Her journey in the past 3 years has transformed her entire life and she is ready to share with us her transformational story. Highlights : How she became a stay-at-home mom. (1:43) Sheena’s story of how Steve reached out to her and she ghosted him. (3:25) Where are you going to put your office? (5:32) My office manager saved my life. (10:36) You need to go. (13:10) We all have the...
Nov 28, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 110
Join this amazing group of professional women in insurance to understand the struggles, backgrounds, stories, and empowered sisterhood that is forming within this industry. If you are looking for mentors or someone that can catapult your professional and personal goals, this is the group! Panelists: Tracy Cotton, CIC, CISR – Executive Client Manager at Starr-Mathews Agency, Chattanooga, TN Tracie Long – CEO of Women of Insurance - Birmingham, AL Misty Bolt – aka Medicare Misty, CEO – Chattanooga...
Nov 21, 2022•59 min
Ms. Samalid Hogan is the Principal at Greylock Management Consulting, a woman-owned consulting firm located in Western Massachusetts and focused on providing project management, business coaching, and technical assistance to Massachusetts-based businesses and non-profits. Ms. Hogan has 17 years of experience in Economic Development and has served in key roles building partnerships across public, private, and civic sectors to achieve economic development goals for the Pioneer Valley region in Wes...
Nov 07, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Maria Isabel Davila born in Bayamon Puerto Rico in 1977, has been through many challenges in her life. At age 11 her parents divorced and moved to the state of Connecticut. As we all know, Hispanics tend to relay all the responsibility to the oldest. Maria Isabel had 2 younger siblings and she had to raise them. She worked thru the summers as a Camp Counselor at Latino Youth Development and as years passed, she worked in many jobs to help her mother financially. Highlights: Starting his business...
Oct 31, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 114
Mary began her career as a socially awkward computer programmer who hid behind her desk because she was too self-conscious. Mary Cheyne with her Toastmaster Contest TrophiesBut today, as a World Champion of Public Speaking and first runner-up, out of 25,000 contestants from 14 countries, she is proof that transformation is possible. How did she get there? By understanding that becoming GREAT at public speaking isn’t just about the techniques of how to be a good speaker, rather it starts with dis...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Leonela Gonzalez-Fogarty is Venezuelan-American with a Bostonian heart. She is the founder of English 4 Life Network. She is an English and lifestyle coach. She works with Hispanic Women Professionals and entrepreneurs who want to speak English with confidence to connect with the culture and maximize their possibilities. She is passionate about teaching and immersing conversational English in multicultural contexts, personal and professional with more than 23 years of experience. She is a lifelo...
Oct 17, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Kat is the founder of A Women's Intentions. This initiative will help you realize that finding beauty beyond the chaos is a journey. It is a process of allowing you to lead your life with INTENTION and to find your voice. Becoming your own person and breaking away from the cycle of conformity is a challenging yet rewarding journey. The best part is that with the community she's building you are not in this alone. Always remember, the beginning starts where the end stops. Episode Highlights: Deal...
Oct 10, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Eudora is the owner of Women Are SuperHeroes and she shares with us her amazing uplifting and invigorating story that involves an absolute tragedy that almost cost her life. Now she can use that experience to empower other women around her to reach their potential. Episode Highlights : The importance of self-image - (2:24) You are powerful when you are in heels - (4:45) Taking a step back from her business to focus on herself - (6:47) What did it take from her to get out of the mindset of “what ...
Sep 26, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 109
Vonda’s demonstrable leadership and management consultant experience as a strategic organizational change management (OCM) thought leader, practitioner, trainer, program manager, and executive coach. Her work has spanned the globe for dozens of high-impact technology initiatives for top corporations. Among many, Vonda’s credentials include Certified Change Management Professional, CCMP®, Prosci® Change Management Practitioner, and Certified Myers-Briggs® Practitioner designations. Vonda earned a...
Sep 19, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 108
Josie is the Co-Founder at Advancio, WeCanCode, and Ketzal Marketing.... and the mother of four children. She is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned high-tech professional with over 15 years of consistently increased responsibility in leading complex business units and building new revenue streams. Leadership experience across business operations, marketing, business development, and channel sales roles in the SaaS, Enterprise Software, and Hardware industries. Proven success in setting strategy ...
Sep 09, 2022•34 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Anam's mission is to help women with their everyday life as we live in a fast pace world, where everything is basically on the go! We women often neglect ourselves. Microblading is just a little change that happened in her life along with navigating divorce, single motherhood, and dealing with cultural shock and family rejection. Episode Highlights: Born and raised in Pakistan and then I came to America - (1:13) The biggest change in her life - (2:42) You have to make it or break it - (4:37) Res...
Sep 05, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 106
Meredith is the CEO and Chief Visionary of InsureGood, which she started to help deserving entrepreneurs build impactful businesses, improve local communities and provide equal access to business ownership for women and minorities. Before InsureGood, Meredith ran a mid-sized insurance agency, provided strategic consulting services to 100’s independent agencies across the country, and worked with insurance carriers in a variety of leadership roles. She holds an Accredited Advisor in Insurance des...
Aug 29, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 105
Cat recently left the Insurance Industry due to different reasons, primarily her mental health being affected due to the judgment and inability to showcase her true self and having to hide her personal life beliefs. In this episode, she gives it to us raw. This episode is rated RRR so please brace yourselves to hear her story behind embracing sex, polyamorous relationships, and now opening her own practice as a sexologist! Episode Highlights: What is polyamory and how does it differ from polygam...
Aug 15, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 104
Atara is an experienced attorney with expertise in securities class action litigation and securities regulation. As a securities class action attorney, her goal is to assist you in maximizing claim recoveries related to your investment portfolio, including direct claims, class action claims, class action settlement claims, derivative claims, tax recovery claims, and where appropriate to pursue whistleblower claims and other claims that will ensure and protect the integrity of the securities mark...
Aug 15, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 103
Amber thinks of risk as a necessity. A non-negotiable in her life. Sometimes the idea of risk is uncomfortable and scary, but the idea of staying stagnant, not growing, and being the same person in the same place year after year is much scarier to her. She realized a long time ago that there will always be fear, but she refuses to let it control her. Episode Highlights: Who am I? (2:13) How she got started in the industry. (4:37) Being a business owner is hard but rewarding. (7:32) How to balanc...
Aug 08, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 102
Everything changed when Tess learned about the gender investing gap. When she learned that women not only get paid less but also invest less contributing to what's called the gender investing gap, she wanted to help make a chance. She has now been investing in real estate, the stock market, and businesses for over 10 years and is a successful investor. She made a few big mistakes that cost her thousands. She trusted a financial planner before educating herself on the basics of investing. They di...
Jul 25, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 101
Celebrating her 23rd year in the Insurance Industry, Meg McKeen founded Adjunct Advisors LLC in 2018 with the essential belief that the way we sell insurance is ripe for change. Throughout her career, working both as an underwriter and agent within the insurance industry, Meg has held a seat at the table during thousands of insurance negotiations. Meg now holds space, at the crossroads of personal and professional development, for individuals as they grow their sales and leadership acumen throug...
Jul 18, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Sarah Muniz's book Undiscovered Voices is a vital contribution to a major problem faced by the insurance and financial services industries - valuing the unique voices and talents of women. While women have long filled many roles in the industry, too often they have not been in positions of influence. Learn about Her Journey & Contributions She is making! Episode Highlights: How surrounding yourself with like-minded people can change every outcome. (1:34) What is the right message to get out?...
Jul 11, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 99
