Leading Sin Miedo with Miriam Simon

About this episode

Jessica Yañez interviews Miriam Simon about her journey and the importance of representation for Latinas in the workplace.

Wines We're Drinking: Jessica: Concho Orange Wine (Georgian wine, made in clay pots buried underground) semi-dry, light on the nose with citrus notes Miriam: Roscaro Moscato, sipped in a "pretty fly for a cacti" wine glass This week, Jessica sits down with Miriam Simon, executive coach, author, and host of the Latina Mic Drop podcast, for a conversation that is equal parts chisme, healing, and straight-up inspiration. Miriam grew up in Passaic, New Jersey as one of the only Mexican kids in the neighborhood, raised in survival mode, navigating a mother's Jehovah's Witness faith, and finding her footing on a volleyball court. She had three kids by 21, listened to the tia who told her to go back to work, and quietly climbed to an executive role in the transportation industry while hiding parts of herself the whole way up. Until she didn't anymore. Miriam opens up about coming out publicly after 20 years with her partner, the identity framework she built from her own wounds, and why she created the Sin Miedo Authority Score assessment to help Latinas stop editing themselves in the workplace. She also shares the launch of MEC House, her new press company dedicated to amplifying and…

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Yañez

Guest: Miriam Simon

Topics covered

• personal growth
• Latina representation
• executive coaching
• identity
• women's stories

Keywords

• Miriam Simon
• Latina Mic Drop
• executive coaching
• identity framework
• MEC House

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Latina Mic Drop, MEC House

Products: Concho Orange Wine, Roscaro Moscato

Places: Passaic, New Jersey

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