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Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Eliana Murillo a Mexican American, originally from Oxnard, California.

She graduated from Harvard College in 2010, was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in 2017 and was listed as one of the top 50 Most Powerful Latinas by ALPFA in 2018.

She is the founder and CEO of Eliment & Co. She partners with diverse founders to consult their marketing strategies and product design, in addition to consulting corporate clients on their diversity and multicultural marketing strategies. She also founded Latinas Who Brunch, a national organization of badass Latinas that serves as a platform to support local small businesses, philanthropic causes and mental health awareness. She co-founded her family's award-winning organic Alquimia Tequila and the Latinos in Tech Giving Circle.

Episode Sponsor: Dominicans En Tech

El podcast Dominicans en Tech es una iniciativa del MICM que busca contar las historias de profesionales de la diáspora dominicana que están creando impacto en el sector de tecnología alrededor del mundo.

Apple & Spotify

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Dania Matos began her tenure as the 4th Vice Chancellor for the Division of Equity & Inclusion (VCEI) at the University of California, Berkeley, in August 2021. Prior to coming to Berkeley, she was the inaugural associate chancellor and chief diversity officer at the University of California, Merced.

In 2021, Dania was awarded the Top DEI Advocate by the National Diversity Council. In 2020, she was selected as a Leadership Academy Fellow by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, and in 2018, she was named one of the Top 25 Women in Higher Education by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Magazine.

Over the past decade, Dania has led equity and inclusion work in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. She was the inaugural deputy chief diversity officer at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and served in Virginia’s public defender’s office.

Dania holds a J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and a BA from Brown University.

Episode Sponsor: Dominicans En Tech

El podcast Dominicans en Tech es una iniciativa del MICM que busca contar las historias de profesionales de la diáspora dominicana que están creando impacto en el sector de tecnología alrededor del mundo.

Apple & Spotify

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Kayla Santalla is a DEI and growth marketing expert with a 15+ year track record of driving business results and social impact for world-class brands.

Committed to dismantling systemic racism, Kayla pivoted her career at the start of 2021 to focus on building diversity, equity, and inclusion into the foundation of brands. Kayla takes an intersectional approach to brand marketing and community-building work proven to fuel social impact and deliver on the bottom line. Her strategies center diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) accelerate growth, expose brands to larger markets, and catalyze loyalty.

Kayla earned a dual degree in Media Management and Sociology from the University of Miami, as well as an M.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Race & Ethnic Relations and Medical Sociology. Kayla proudly served as a founding member of Girl Scouts of the USA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice Steering Committee to transform the 108-year-old nonprofit into an antiracist organization. A lover of art and activism, she currently serves on Street Wise’s board of directors, working to amplify artist voices and unleash the power of public art to spark change and build empathy within communities.

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Alma’s passion for sports can be traced back to her school yard days.  She’s been a sports aficionado from the start and now she’s made a career of it.

As a marketer with over 15 years of experience in the areas of sport, entertainment and culture, she has mastered the in’s and out’s of commercial revenue growth.  She’s honed and executed these specialties to reach her current role as Vice President of Partnerships for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. To date, one of the more prominent Latina women on the NBA’s business side (currently the only to hold such a title league wide).

Her path to today has been a fun and decorated one. She has led global teams, her work has broken two Guinness World Records, won a Telly Award, negotiated countless groundbreaking deals with Fortune 100 brands, secured one of the largest WNBA jersey sponsorships at the time and had the high honor of servicing as a liaison for the Mexican National Soccer Team within the U.S. commercial space. All huge dreams come true for this first generation Mexican-American, California native.

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Hector Martinez grew up in Queens, New York...with his Mexican parents/ family. He's thankful to have grown up his whole life speaking Spanish and learning about my Mexican heritage. 

He briefly left Queens to attend BYU (in Utah), where he studied Communications. After graduation in 2019, Hector started his career in advertising in Brand Management. These days, he is currently working at Wieden + Kennedy as a Brand Executive.

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Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer at Yahoo, oversees the unit’s B2B business. He leads the unit’s efforts to create more meaningful and valuable relationships between consumers, publishers, and marketers. Iván brings over 20 years of strategic and operational experience in Ad & Marketing technology, and a strong passion for transforming businesses.
In addition to his executive leadership role at Yahoo, Ivan also holds Board of Director positions with DPAA, the leading global trade marketing association connecting digital out-of-home media with the advertising community, and Alliance for SoCal Innovation, a non-profit organization that supports the growth and development of SoCal innovation ecosystem leaders and stakeholders.

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Jomayra Herrera is a Partner at Reach Capital, an ed tech and future of work focused ventured fund. She was born in Orlando, Florida to two parents who always believed that education was not only important to prioritize, but it was one of the few things that no one could ever take from you. With that mindset, Jomayra devoted herself to her studies and eventually became the first person in her family to go to college. At Stanford, she fell in love with education and ended up getting a MA in education policy, organization, and leadership studies. She started her career as an operator at an ed tech startup called BloomBoard and eventually started a career in venture capital first at Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs’ family office. Before Reach Capital, she was at Cowboy Ventures, where spent a lot of her time working with consumer internet and marketplace companies.

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Our host Pabel Martinez welcomes new listeners and opens up and takes us on a journey through the various negative experiences in corporate that led to the launch of this podcast. 

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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Hady Mendez likes to see people succeed and connects with others through trusted relationships. Over her 25+ year career, Hady has worked in multiple customer-facing roles at tech companies and financial services firms, as an international volunteer working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, and at an elementary school in the South Bronx, where she served as Community School Director. A graduate of Manhattan College, Hady holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems. She also holds eBusiness and eCommerce graduate certificates from NYU and NJIT, respectively, and a Family Development Credential from the University of Connecticut. Hady is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion and currently serves as Co-President for Latinoforce NYC, a Salesforce employee equality group. In her free time, Hady is an amateur street art photographer and loves to travel.

Find her on LinkedIn and Instagram

Most people think professionalism is about fitting in, but what if it’s actually the reason we feel disconnected from ourselves? This podcast explores the tension between who we are and who we feel pressured to be at work, in relationships, and in everyday life.

Through candid conversations, we unpack how different environments shape our behavior, how limiting beliefs form, and what it looks like to actually understand yourself beyond the roles you play.

Tools like ⁠⁠⁠Plurawl⁠⁠⁠ can help you break down your thoughts and understand what’s driving them → https://plurawl.com/

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In this episode, Pabel Martinez (host of this podcast), opens up about his viral LinkedIn post about Latina Equal Pay day. Pabel shares 3 lessons that he learned and challenges the audience to do some self reflection around our relationship with money and salary transparency. 

Find him on LinkedIn with this link and find his viral post by clicking this link. Below, we've included an excerpt from his post.