Yo Quiero Dinero

So many of us are waiting on "someday" to go after the thing we really want. But what happens when someday stops feeling guaranteed? Yvette Ramirez is a bilingual Cuban and Salvadoran American, a tech professional, and the founder of Kuro Libros, a children's picture book brand that helps families teach their kids Spanish at home. In February 2023, Yvette was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Instead of waiting until retirement, she ran her numbers and realized she could coast FIRE. So she's betting on herself NOW.

WE GET INTO:

[01:24] Meet Yvette and Kuro Libros

[01:54] Why now: a stage 4 diagnosis

[03:00] Cuban and Salvadoran money lessons: saving, property and wanting more

[04:40] From law school to tech startups

[07:56] How a diagnosis changes your view of time

[09:33] Realizing she could coast FIRE

[10:50] Is a steady paycheck really security?

[12:35] Stock options, tender offers and her FIRE number

[16:04] The gap in Spanish children's books

[19:06] Confidence, Caribbean Spanish and choosing the right Spanish

[22:04] Taking your own idea seriously

[23:55] Self-publishing behind the scenes: $50K+ invested

[29:12] Building a business while managing cancer

[31:18] Full circle: EGFR, prognosis and hope

[35:18] Would she have started sooner?

[37:28] "Why not now?" A message for Latinas waiting on someday

[39:33] Your paycheck is your angel investor

[40:03] How she ended up in the Netherlands

[41:44] What she hopes kids feel + where to find Kuro Libros

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ Your parents may have taught you to save, but saving alone isn't the whole wealth plan. Investing is how your money grows beyond what you earn.

→ FIRE calculators can reveal you're closer to freedom than you think. Yvette found she needed around $600K to $700K invested to coast, and her equity had already passed that.

→ A steady paycheck isn't the only kind of security. After her diagnosis, Yvette started measuring wealth in time, flexibility, and freedom to see her family.

→ Your lived experience is a business idea. Yvette saw friends struggle to raise bilingual kids and saw a gap for a Latino main character in children's books.

→ There's room for more than one of us. Seeing another Latina-owned brand succeed showed Yvette the market was ready, not taken.

→ Treat your passion project like a business from day one. That means trademarks, an IP attorney, a professional editor, and the right illustrator.

→ Rest is part of the strategy. Building on your own terms means giving yourself flexibility and slowing down when your body needs it.

You don't have to quit to start. Your paycheck can be the angel investor for the thing you want to build.

CONNECT WITH YVETTE:

🤝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kurolibros

🌐 Website: https://www.kurolibros.com (free resources available)

Leave a review of the podcast & be entered for a chance to win a gift from KuroLibros.com!

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

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💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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This week's episode came from a very real, very tearful moment on my Instagram: the realization that there is no magic number that makes you feel financially secure. So I brought back someone who can actually help us unpack that. Jacent Wamala is the founder of Wealth and Wellness University where she helps high-earning women of color break the cycle of financial anxiety and build real, lasting wealth without burning out.

We're getting into it: the difference between earning money and actually FEELING financially free, why your nervous system is running the show more than you realize, the identity shift nobody warns you about when you go from debt payoff mode to wealth building mode, first-gen money programming, the pressure of the sandwich generation, and why community (not hustle) is the real key to building wealth. If you've ever felt like you're doing everything "right" on paper but still panic every time you check your account, this episode is your permission slip to look deeper.

WE GET INTO:

[01:32] Meet Jacent: from therapist to financial coach

[03:04] Reconnecting: how her relationship with money evolved since 2021

[06:06] The signs someone needs a financial therapist or coach

[08:19] Unpacking childhood money programming

[09:40] First-gen wealth builders and immigrant money lessons

[12:06] The sandwich generation squeeze

[16:36] The identity shift from debt payoff to wealth building

[20:46] Hypervigilance vs. healthy financial responsibility

[23:12] Money isn't the only currency — bartering and community

[27:35] Giving yourself permission to enjoy what you've built

[31:36] What people assume disappears at a high income

[33:12] Earning money vs. feeling financially free

[36:41] How motherhood changed her relationship with risk

[41:27] Why "working harder" isn't the answer

[45:22] Generational wealth requires generational healing

[45:48] Defining what "enough" actually means

[50:04] The financial story she's not passing down to her kids

[52:05] Therapist, coach, or both? How to know it's time

[55:01] Where to find Jacent + her free resources

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ There is no dollar amount that automatically makes you feel safe. Safety is a skill you build by defining what it actually means to you, then reminding yourself of the evidence daily.

→ Paying off debt and building wealth require completely different strategies, so expect an identity shift, not a straight line.

→ First-gen and immigrant money lessons often center on survival (save, save, save), but the next generation gets to honor that sacrifice while also learning to invest and take calculated risks.

→ "Working harder" has a ceiling. Without clear milestones, you're working toward nothing measurable, and you cap yourself out of passive income, leadership, and building beyond yourself.

→ Generational wealth requires generational healing. Building wealth for your lineage means facing what your ancestors couldn't, which is part of why the work feels so heavy.

→ Defining "enough" starts with a baseline (physical safety, no food insecurity, a cushion if something goes wrong) and everything past that is a bonus, not a requirement.

CONNECT WITH JACENT:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JacentWamala

Website: https://wamalawellness.com

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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If you've ever stayed calladita when you should've spoken up, this episode is your permission slip to stop. This week Jannese sits down with Hady Mendez — bestselling author of Calladita No More, speaker, and leadership coach — to talk about what happens when you finally decide to use your voice. They get into Hady's corporate STEM career, the promotion that got away, the negotiation that made her a director overnight, and the real, unfiltered story of betting on herself by moving to Madrid in her 40s. This one's for every mujer who's tired of playing small.

WE GET INTO: 

1:06 – Welcome & living in the "f*ck it 40s"

1:50 – Hady's origin story: wanting to be a writer

3:03 – Growing up in a traditional Puerto Rican household

4:15 – From social worker dreams to computer science and Accenture

4:55 – Advice for parents raising kids with "unstable" dreams

9:39 – Unpacking the "calladita" messaging from her mom

12:17 – The moment staying quiet started costing her

13:31 – The "Chad" story: watching someone else get promoted

18:20 – What self-advocacy actually looks like

19:57 – The negotiation that made her a director overnight

23:57 – The "brag sheet": self-promotion without bragging

26:45 – Navigating the "difficult Latina" stereotype

32:36 – Leaving corporate: the layoff that led to entrepreneurship

35:07 – One year of Calladita No More: reader reactions

37:19 – The decision to move to Madrid

43:32 – Microaggressions and advocating for herself abroad

50:16 – Rapid fire questions + where to find Hady

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

→ Staying "calladita" has a cost — missed promotions and raises add up over time

→ The first offer is never the final offer, in salary negotiations or in life

→ Self-promotion isn't bragging — if people don't know what you've done, they can't trust you with more

→ The "difficult Latina" stereotype is real, but it's not a reason to stop speaking up

→ Career paths don't have to be linear to be successful

→ Community — not just individual grit — is what reminds you who you are

CONNECT WITH HADY:

🌐 Website: https://www.boldlyspeakingllc.com 

🤝 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calladitanomorebook 

📚 Subscribe to Hady’s Substack: https://hadyunfiltered.substack.com/subscribe 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com 

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/ 

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/ 

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Let's talk about the conversation that sends me over the edge every single time: the gender pay gap, and what it REALLY costs women of color. This week I'm joined by Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families, to break down what's actually driving the gap (spoiler: it's not "women's choices"), why the national averages hide what's happening to Latinas and Black women specifically, and what policy changes could put real money back in our pockets. We get into the wealth gap math (we're talking a MILLION dollars over a career, mi gente), the motherhood penalty, why DEI rollbacks are making things worse, and what you can actually do right now if you find out you're getting paid less than your coworker.

WE GET INTO:

00:00 — Intro: Why we're still talking about the pay gap in 2026

02:15 — What are we actually measuring when we say "pay gap"?

04:17 — Debunking the "it's just women's choices" myth

06:37 — The real numbers: 76 cents, 54 cents, and what the average hides

08:24 — Why education alone doesn't close the gap

10:35 — The unpaid care work baked into how workplaces are built

11:47 — The wealth gap: what losing $900K–$1M actually looks like

13:23 — Finding power in a hopeless-feeling conversation

16:27 — The motherhood penalty, explained

19:46 — Why so many moms are choosing entrepreneurship instead

20:38 — Black and Latina moms as breadwinners

22:40 — Do salary transparency laws actually work?

23:57 — What to do if you find out you're underpaid

26:28 — How DEI rollbacks are showing up in real workplaces

30:24 — The "trad wife" pushback and what it means for women's choices

35:06 — Jocelyn's 3 policy wishes for women's financial security

37:17 — State level wins and what's next

39:54 — Grounding policy in your actual paycheck

43:15 — What you can do right now, no Congress required

48:00 — What gives Jocelyn hope

51:23 — How to support the National Partnership for Women & Families

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ Latinas earn closer to 54 cents for every dollar paid to men, and the gap widens further when you break it down by race and part-time status.

→ Education alone won't close this gap; the same degree, same experience, and there’s still a pay gap. This is systemic, not individual.

→ Black women lose an estimated $900K over a 40 year career because of the pay gap. For Latinas, that number can hit $1M.

→ Motherhood changes everything financially. Moms who step out of the workforce to care for kids come back behind, and most never fully catch up.

→ Caregiving is invisible labor with a real cost. Workplaces were built around a male default that assumes someone else, usually women, will handle caregiving for free.

→ DEI rollbacks aren't just political theater, they're making it "safer" for employers to avoid hiring women and people of color, and harder to document discrimination at all.

→ Salary transparency actually works. Posting pay ranges and banning salary history questions closes gaps faster than you'd think.

→ You have options if you find a pay gap. Document it, talk to HR, and know that local civil rights and know your rights organizations exist for exactly this.

→ State policy is already working. Comprehensive paid leave, universal pre-K, and childcare caps are already law in some states, and they're the blueprint for what's possible nationally.

CONNECT WITH JOCELYN:

🌐 Website: https://nationalpartnership.org/ 

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NPWF 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com 

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/ 

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/ 

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This episode was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.

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Most of us didn't grow up learning about venture capital — it can feel like a world you're either born into or invited into by elite networks. This week, Jannese sits down with Lolita Taub, General Partner at Ganas Ventures, who has done it all: founder, angel, LP, GP, and ecosystem builder. Lolita breaks down what venture capital actually is (no jargon, promise), how to become an accredited investor without a six-figure salary, and why the questions investors ask founders of color are so different from the ones they ask everyone else. If you've ever felt like investing — or raising money — "isn't for you," this episode is your invitation to the table.

WE GET INTO:

01:55 — Growing up in South Central LA & lessons about money

03:39 — "Echale ganas": the origin of Ganas Ventures

05:51 — From USC to big tech: IBM, Cisco & finding her "tribe"

07:45 — The interview series that introduced her to venture capital

09:12 — Breaking into VC and building her own fund

10:25 — Representation in venture & the Siete Foods story

11:37 — What venture capital actually means, no jargon

13:23 — VC vs. lotto tickets: the real odds

14:24 — What makes a business "venture backable"

15:01 — Bootstrap vs. raise: the Calendly story

17:11 — Why full control means skipping VC money

18:50 — Crowdfunding and other accessible ways to invest

19:20 — What is an accredited investor (and how to become one without the income)

22:07 — The risk of taking money from unaccredited investors

24:51 — Bias, pedigree, and the double standard for founders of color

31:25 — How to actually get started as an investor

34:03 — Angel checks vs. VC checks: how much you really need

35:03 — Overcoming imposter syndrome & belonging in venture

36:24 — The size of the Latino economy & rising unicorn founders

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ Venture capital is money businesses raise to grow fast but most small businesses shouldn't raise it, and bootstrapping is often the smarter move.

→ You don't need to be a millionaire to become an accredited investor — working at a fund or taking a certification course can qualify you.

→ Angel investors can write checks as small as $100 through platforms like crowdfunding sites, angel syndicates, and groups like Hustle Fund's Angel Squad.

→ Founders of color get asked "why won't you fail" while their counterparts get asked "how big is your vision" — know this bias exists and come prepared with hard numbers.

→ If the Latino community were its own economy, it would be the third largest in the world. The opportunity in this space is massive!

→ Imposter syndrome is normal. Belonging doesn't require certainty; it requires showing up.

CONNECT WITH LOLITA:

Website: lolitataub.co 

Instagram: https://instagram.com/lolitatatub 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoquierodineropodcast

Website: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com

This episode was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.

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I've ghosted y'all, and I need to apologize — because it wasn't intentional, and we need to talk about why. For years I shared everything: the brand deals, the $144K year that replaced my corporate paycheck, all of it. But after crossing a quarter million in revenue, I got quiet. In this episode I'm breaking down why success got harder to talk about than struggle, the family side-comments that made me want to shrink, and why I'm committing to radical, responsible transparency from here on out — revenue AND expenses, wins AND costs.

WE GET INTO:

00:01 The Ghosting Confession

02:20 The Accidental Business Origin (2019)

04:49 Celebrating Early Wins: The $144K Milestone

07:14 From $125 to $50K Brand Deals

09:37 The Discomfort of Outgrowing Her Old Self

10:21 Fear of Becoming Unrelatable

12:44 Struggle vs. Success in Latino Community Narratives

15:08 Family Side Comments and Feeling Like an Outsider

17:25 Committing to Radical Transparency

19:40 Why Latina Wealth Visibility Matters

21:54 Hope Over Guarantee: What This Show Is For

24:22 Honoring Every Version of Herself

26:48 Reconnecting With Her New Self as a Mom

29:10 Outro: Create & Cultivate Festival + Sign Off

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ Making the commitment to radical, responsible transparency — sharing the expenses and real costs behind every revenue win, not just the headline number

→ My financial arc: $144K in 2020 to $500K/year for the past four years and the first millionaire in my family

→ The bigger my numbers got, the quieter I became because I was afraid of seeming unrelatable or being judged by family

→ The real emotional cost of success: strained family dynamics, side comments, and imposter syndrome

→ Why hiding wins is a disservice to the community and keeps success feeling out of reach

→ A personal reflection on postpartum, my book tour, and my first year as a mom

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com 

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/ 

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/ 

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🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yoquierodineropodcast 

🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yoquierodineropodcast 

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This week on Yo Quiero Dinero I sat down with Leslie Priscilla, a Parent Coach, founder of Latinx Parenting, and author of the brand-new book CHANCLA: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture. Together we talk about the things that aren’t always so easy when it comes Latino parenting: the good, the bad, and la chancla itself. We're getting into intergenerational trauma, why "gentle parenting" content ignores the reality Latina moms actually live in, what reparenting really looks like day to day, and how the money scarcity messaging we grew up with shapes our kids for life. Don’t sleep on this one! 

WE GET INTO:

1:13 Latino Parenting & Breaking Cycles

2:15 Leslie’s Parenting Journey

6:58 Parenting with Compassion Under Pressure

18:11 Why La Chancla? Reclaiming a Cultural Symbol

24:51 Setting Boundaries in Multigenerational Families

35:36 Reparenting Yourself

44:39 Healing When Parents Won’t Take Accountability

45:39 Scarcity, Money & Self-Worth

49:15 Raising Kids to Question Authority

56:46 Building Self-Worth & Emotional Safety

1:03:28 A New Vision for Latino Family Healing

1:07:22 Where to Find Leslie & the Book

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

→ All behavior (yours and your kid's) is a strategy to meet a need and reframing "bad behavior" this way changes everything.

→ Reclaiming la chancla means aiming it at the systems (patriarchy, capitalism, white supremacy, harmful religious dogma) instead of at your kids.

→ Reparenting isn't about indulging your inner child; it's a disciplined practice of asking "what would be loving right now?"

→ You can't control how your parents or grandparents react to you parenting differently — but you can still do it differently.

→ Scarcity language ("we don't have money") shapes a kid's relationship to money and self-worth long into adulthood.

→ Respect ≠ obedience. Teaching kids to question authority is a survival skill, not disrespect.

CONNECT WITH LESLIE:

– Latinx Parenting: https://latinxparenting.org

– Buy the book: https://latinxparenting.org/chancla-book/ 

– Follow Leslie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latinxparenting 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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Website: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com

This episode of Yo Quiero Dinero was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting. 

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Mi gente, this one is going to trigger you — in the best way. This week I’m sitting down with Denise Soler Cox, a cultural excavator, award-winning filmmaker, keynote speaker, and author who's spent the last decade going inside the cultures that shape how we lead, belong, and become who we are. After speaking on stage, women kept pulling Denise aside to share secrets they'd never told anyone. From this, Denise began to realize the cultural rules keeping Latina leaders shrinking and sidelined — and how to finally cut them out. Throughout the conversation, Jannese and Denise get into it: the two conflicting rules about money most of us grew up with (don't talk about it when it's bad, don't talk about it when it's good — and what that silence actually costs us), why corporate America rewards "polished" over honest, the hardest chapter Denise had to write (her relationship with her mom), boundaries, the "no contact" pendulum, and why the book is releasing in English and Spanish on the same day.

WE GET INTO:

01:50 – Origin story: Being Enye and the 17-year wait to make it

04:36 – How backstage confessions became a book about 10 taboos

09:31 – Corporate polish vs. real authenticity

11:56 – Cultural rules around what emotions are "acceptable"

16:10 – The two conflicting rules about money

19:20 – "Thermal equilibrium": the cold rooms in our families

21:06 – "White people problems" and the guilt of making more money

24:26 – Becoming the villain of the family story

27:32 – No contact vs. the hard conversation

31:33 – Gratitude vs. losing your ambition

34:04 – The hardest chapter to write: her mom

40:00 – Why the book releases in English and Spanish the same day

41:59 – What women should feel comfortable saying out loud

44:14 – Pay transparency and speaker rate shame

47:09 – Fill in the blank: what makes Latinas financially unstoppable

50:30 – Where to find Denise, the film, and the book

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

→ The rule of staying silent about money — whether things are good or bad — costs Latinas real dollars and real validation from the people who love us most

→ "Thermal equilibrium": some family topics stay frozen forever unless someone actively warms them up

→ The people who get upset when you set a boundary are usually the ones who benefited from you not having one

→ Corporate spaces reward "polished" — but the realest, most transformational work happens when you stop performing

→ Healing happens in community, not isolation — which is exactly why this book and this podcast exist

→ Pay transparency (rates, salaries, what you charge) is one of the taboos most worth breaking first

→ Ambition and gratitude aren't opposites — you're allowed to hold both

CONNECT WITH DENISE:

Website: denisesolercox.com/ 

Book: https://denisesolercox.com/book 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denisesolercox 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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Website: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com

This episode of Yo Quiero Dinero was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.

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It's been a minute since I gave you a full behind-the-scenes update, so today's episode is a solo catch-up plus is Nara Smith a trad wife or a genius businesswoman cosplaying domesticity? A mom informed her three adult daughters they now owe her $300/month, should they pay? And OpenAI took a group of creators on a luxury brand trip that the internet did NOT let slide, but who actually deserves the scrutiny? Stay till the end because I'm sharing all the ways you can work with me right now and diving into the biggest takeaway of this episode: money, power, and influence are always operating behind the image.

WE GET INTO: 

0:00 – Intro: what's on deck today

0:00 – Business update: Sales Without Social launch recap

4:54 – New digital products program (coming soon)

7:15 – Financially Lit Club school community + the $75K challenge

11:50 – Rich Mommy Retreat: Costa Rica, Nov 2–5

15:17 – Personal health update: GLP-1, HRT, and 50+ lbs lost

17:41 – Perimenopause, chronic illness, and Latino community health gaps

22:21 – Is Nara Smith a trad wife?

26:40 – Am I the Asshole: the $300/month "daughter dividend"

35:17 – The OpenAI creator brand trip backlash

39:46 – The common thread: money, power, and image

42:12 – Ways to work with Jannese + closing

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Passive marketing beats algorithm dependency
• There's no ceiling on what you can earn
• Domesticity ≠ financial dependence, and vice versa isn't automatically liberation
• Family generosity shouldn't be a mandatory recurring invoice
• Brand partnerships come with responsibility — ask what you're lending your name to
• Financial literacy goes way beyond budgeting

EPISODE RESOURCES: 

🔗 Idea to Income Webinar: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/idea 

🔗 The Financially Lit Club: https://www.skool.com/financially-lit-club/ 

🔗 The Rich Mami Retreat: ​https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-rich-mami-2026 

🔗 The First Gen Founders Circle: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/founders 

TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH YO QUIERO DINERO:

📕 Get the book, Financially Lit!: https://financiallylitbook.com

💸 Download the FREE Dinero Guide: https://courses.yoquierodineropodcast.com/

💬 Book a free Money Call: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com/links/

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Website: https://yoquierodineropodcast.com

This episode of Yo Quiero Dinero was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.

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This week on Yo Quiero Dinero, Jannese sits down with Jessica Rivera — proud Boricua, mom at 19, and 20-year corporate vet who climbed from receptionist to senior leadership without ever following the "traditional" path. Jessica is here to help us decode the psychology of corporate power, promotions, and why your work ethic alone will never be enough to get you promoted. This episode gets into the imposter syndrome that doesn't disappear even after you hit the title and the money, the moment Jessica realized she had to bet on herself, and why she believes women's emotions are a leadership superpower — not a liability. They also get into the messy, real stuff: crabs-in-a-barrel dynamics in the Latino community, boundaries with people who take shots at your success, and the one standard Jessica refuses to lower for herself.

WE GET INTO: 

01:21 – Becoming a mom at 19 and choosing grit over the traditional path

03:26 – Being "the only" Latina in the room

05:29 – Learning corporate chess: playing the game on her own terms

07:12 – Imposter syndrome and the nitpicking that wears you down

09:05 – From receptionist to sales: Jessica's career trajectory

11:46 – The $50K retention bonus — and the promotion that never came

17:33 – Betting on herself: leaving corporate to coach full-time

21:23 – Building the BRAVE Method

26:09 – Burnout as a "badge of honor"

28:32 – Redefining success in the Latino community

30:41 – Judgment, boundaries, and who gets to stay in your life

33:57 – Confidence, courage, and owning your voice

36:23 – Why women's emotions are a leadership superpower

41:32 – Chasing who you're becoming, not just the goal

45:16 – Living a full life: family, love, and what's next

47:41 – Jessica's Puerto Rico retreat, resources, and the standard she refuses to lower

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

→ Hard work and grit will get you far — but they won't get you promoted. Understanding the psychology of power and politics will.

→ Imposter syndrome doesn't disappear once you hit the title or the money. It requires ongoing internal work.

→ "Struggle culture" and "hustle culture" are not the same thing — and confusing the two keeps high achievers stuck.

→ You have to be willing to lose people who can't handle your growth. That's not arrogance, that's a boundary.

→ Chase who you're becoming, not the goal itself — the goal is just a byproduct.

→ Women's emotions are a leadership superpower, not something to suppress to be taken seriously.

CONNECT WITH JESSICA:

Website: jessicarivera.co 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicarivera.co/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicarivera/ 

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