Part 1: Hard Truths from a Brown Latina in Tech with Julissa S. Germosén

Julissa S. Germosén 🇩🇴 is an award-winning technology leader with over two decades of experience leading teams in global enterprise sales, consulting, strategic alliances, product development, go-to-market strategy, and partner operations. She currently serves as CEO of Mariposa Blanca, a business strategy consulting firm. Her forthcoming book, Latina Madrina: Stories, Lessons, and Hard Truths from a Brown Latina in Tech, reflects her journey in the tech industry. Throughout her career, Julissa has driven growth and competitive advantage for Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft and Salesforce, as well as tech startups. Julissa has had the honor of speaking at TEDxMSJC and numerous tech conferences, including Microsoft, Salesforce, HITEC, and LTX Connect. She has also been a keynote speaker at the National Hispanic Media Coalition and has spoken at Rutgers University and the New Jersey Statewide Latina Conference, among others. As a proud immigrant from the Dominican Republic, Julissa is passionate about education and the Latinx community. She created the Latina Leadership Potential Award scholarship at Rutgers University to support Hispanic/Latina women. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science & Criminology from Rutgers University and a Diversity Management Graduate Certificate from Cornell University. In this week’s episode, Julissa joins us in the podcast to tell us all about her new book Latina Madrina: Stories, Lessons, and Hard Truths from a Brown Latina in Tech. With almost twenty-five years of experience, Julissa knew that she had a wealth of information that needed to be shared with women who looked like her. She often felt so alone in her experiences that she never wanted any other Latinas to feel the same way. So, she’s sharing her best advice in her brand-new book and this interview. Tune in to hear more about Julissa’s book, her upbringing, and how she finally learned how to put herself first.  Keep up with Julissa on her website and Instagram.  For all Hella Latin@ updates, follow @hellalatinopodcast on Instagram and connect on LinkedIn. More at odalysjasmine.com. To learn more about your ad choices visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Podcast production for this episode was provided by CCST.