The First Gen Coach: Career Development for Latinas and First Gen Professionals – Details, episodes & analysis

This episode is a replay of a powerful livestream focused on growing your career after hard times. I emphasize the importance of feeling your feelings, giving yourself credit for everything you’ve accomplished, and choosing one area of your career where you can take small but concrete steps towards your goals. I share my personal experiences with mental health challenges, burnout, and the significance of advocating for yourself at work. Lastly, I answer audience questions about interviewing, salary negotiation, and navigating shame in your career journey. 

Resources and Links

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This episode will completely transform the way you apply to jobs. Yes, I go over what to include in your resume. But your resume alone is NOT what’s gonna drive more job interviews. It’s about being strategic to what type of jobs you’re applying for, where you’re finding them, and how to ensure a human looks at your application. These are the steps my clients have used to get job offers and over $600,000 in salary increases. 

If you’re tired of endlessly scrolling LinkedIn and drawing a blank at where high-paying jobs are posted, this episode is for you.

Resources and Links

6-Month 1:1 Coaching: https://calendly.com/thefirstgencoach/consult

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Download your⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠FREE Resume Guide and Template⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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LinkedIn gets a lot of hate, and much of it is well deserved. But it is still an excellent tool to level up your career. In this episode, I break down why LinkedIn is still an extremely powerful tool for first-gen professionals (yes, even in 2025), and how to actually make it work for you. I share why the platform is more than just a job site, and how you can use it to get noticed by recruiters, potential clients, and more. I also talk about what it really means to show up authentically online, especially when so much of the job market feels grim and discouraging.

If you’ve been avoiding LinkedIn or feel unsure where to start, this episode is for you!

Ready to take it a step further? Join my Get Offers on LinkedIn Bootcamp : a two-week program designed to help you start getting opportunities that align with your goals and values.

Resources and Links

2 Week Mini Coaching Package: https://calendly.com/thefirstgencoach/career-recharge

6-Month 1:1 Coaching: https://calendly.com/thefirstgencoach/discovery-call

Apply for On-Air Coaching: https://forms.gle/JshV6Z6TfUw6BBnk6

Download your⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠FREE Resume Guide and Template⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Today’s guest is Pegleess Barrios, a first gen Latina in Tech based in Ottawa. Pegleess has done some very cool things in her career! She founded the Latine Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Shopify while being in a junior role within the company, she is the co-founder of Latinas in Tech Canada chapter, and she built meaningful relationships that led to advancing in her career. But it wasn’t an easy path. We talked about crying in the bathroom, dealing with being rejected from 13 internal jobs, and how she found strength to keep going. 

We also talked about Pegleess’ involvement with Latinas in Tech Canada and the importance of community. Lastly, we talked about how first gens with no tech experience can transition to the tech industry, and whether it’s even still a good time to make this transition, given all the layoffs of the past year. 

PLUS: Pegleess shared a really cool way to evaluate a company before we apply to see if it’s worth the risk. 

About today's guest:

Pegleess is a Program Manager on Pinterest's Inclusion & Diversity team, and a first-gen Latina in tech! She has dedicated her career to helping people build careers they love, and has explored this as a recruiter, facilitator, Talent Management partner, and community leader. Pegleess is a connector at heart and thrives helping people connect to opportunities, and each other. Her personal mission is to ensure Latine people are not only represented in Tech, but included, valued, and thriving. Ask her about: working in HR, Pinterest, or her radio show - Radio Latinx!

Connect with Pegleess on LinkedIn (remember to send a personalized message!)

Resources and Links

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Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Ready to job hop your way to a career in tech? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you!

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When WOC make more money, they help their communities. It's as simple as that. The cishet white capitalist patriarchy has lied to you and made you believe that the only way to help your community is to be self-sacrificial and work a low-paying job. That's is straight up BS! Releasing that BS, aka unlearning the lies society has taught you, is the first step in job hopping your way to a six figure salary. In this episode, I share the full roadmap to job hopping your way to a six figure salary, and why it is a moral imperative for you to be making more money.

Ready to say "F this" to the capitalist & Protestant work ethic and start job hopping your way to a higher salary? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you!

Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

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Mayra Garcia lost her home in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. As she puts it, "I got into a mess financially." But she didn't let that stop her. Within a few years, Mayra had turned her finances around, became a certified financial advisor, and now dedicates her time to educating the Latine community on personal finances. All while juggling a career, parenthood, and her many identities as a wife, friend, and podcaster.

I was so inspired by Mayra's story, specially when she shared her journey to full-time entrepreneurship and her decision to pivot and return to the workforce full time. Tune in to listen how you can make a game plan to get out of debt and start reaching both your short term and long term goals!

About Mayra:

Mayra is a financial literacy education and coach on a mission to empower and motivate families to live a debt-free lifestyle. After spending years in debt, she started her debt-free journey in 2010 and was able to pay off her debt in 17 months.  She's a wife and mother of two and is passionate about teaching financial literacy!  She's the host of the Debt-Free Latina Podcast. Follow Mayra on Instagram at @debtfree.Latina and @Mayra.Alejandra.Garcia

Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you!

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Have you ever met someone and just known you two are gonna vibe? That's what today's podcast episode is like with Charly Stoever.

In this candid, unfiltered conversation full of joy and laughter, Charly and I rage against the cishet white capitalist machine. Also known as, we talk about the why it is imperative for first gen people of color to destigmatize the desire to build wealth. Charly shares their insight on investment and talks about the power of time IN the stock market, how they invested in their Roth IRA even when they were on food stamps, and how you can become am anti-capitalist millionaire. We also discussed how immigration status, upbringing, and generational beliefs are influencing how we show up in our career choices and money choices.

About today's guest:

Charly Stoever is a nonbinary latinx money coach helping their first gen clients become millionaires. They help clients who are making the most they've ever made be strategic with their investments in order to retire early. On 4/27 they're teaching an investing masterclass! Save your spot and learn more about 1:1 coaching with them here. You can find them on Instagram at @travelercharly and listen to their podcast, Unicorn Millionaire. Their blog is www.unicornmillionaire.com.

Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you!

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What if you could "bare minimum" your way to millionaire status? When today's guest, Cat Oliva, shared that, I knew I had to dig deeper. In this episode, financial wellness coach Cat Oliva shares the investment steps we can all take to become millionaires, without scrimping and saving every single penny or making decisions that are not aligned with your values. We also talked about the power of coaching and mindset work, and when I revealed the biggest financial mistake I've made, Cat kindly helped me see how some of my unexamined money beliefs were behind that decision.

About today's guest:

Cat Oliva is a financial wellness coach, mother, and the creator of @LatinaMillionairesClub. She started her coaching business to empower women, especially Latinas, to feel that we deserve to be wealthy AF, and to guide them out of the scarcity mindset into abundance. She makes it her mission to help women of color to not only become millionaires, but to start living the life they have always wanted right now. When she’s not avidly supporting women and Latinas to break barriers she spends as much time as possible with her husband and two little girls.

Follow Cat on Instagram: @LatinaMillionairesClub

Book a Discovery Call with Cat

Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you! 

Limited spots available on a first come, first served basis.

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From my first job at the mall making $7.25 an hour to my current job at a publicly traded tech company, I have always followed the same three steps in order to reach my career goals. In this episode, I describe each of the three steps in detail and explain why the are the key to achieving your goals, regardless of how many years of experience you have.

I also give concrete examples of:

• What setting boundaries in your career looks like

• The role that family plays in career development

• Showing up for yourself even after career setbacks

Remember, the only limits that exist are the limits you put on yourself!

FREE WEBINAR: Position Yourself to Succeed. Register here. Sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you! 

Limited spots available on a first come, first served basis.

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When a Latina makes up her mind to achieve a goal, there is no obstacle big enough to deter her.

In this episode, I talk to First Gen Guatemalan immigrant Nathalia Segoviano, also known as Mom Money Boss. Nathalia is a part-time money coach who was able to pay off over $40,000 of combined student loan and credit card debt as the breadwinner and sole income earner in her household while also working to retire both her and her husband comfortably. Nathalia shares her expertise and her debt-pay off story, as well as answers common questions about investing and reaching your financial goals.

Her story will inspire you to make a plan and get ready to embark on your own financial journey today!

Follow Nathalia on Instagram at @Mom_Money_Boss

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Resources and Links

Download your FREE Resume Guide and Template 

Follow @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach on Instagram

Learn more: https://thefirstgencoach.com/welcome

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Book a free discovery call to learn more about career coaching and whether this is the right move for you!

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