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Just Go Do It - Leadership, Faith & Latinas Rising Up in HR with Priscilla Guasso

Episode Summary

Priscilla Guasso, CEO of Manifesting Leadership Group and founder of Latinas Rising Up in HR, sits down with Pablo and Jennie. She walks through 20 years in HR across hospitality, healthcare and technology, why she finally left corporate to build her own thing, the IVF journey that gave her daughter Amalia after three losses, and the scrappy phase she's living in right now where everything is rough but real. Faith, community, and the courage to "just go do it" sit at the heart of the conversation.

Episode Notes

Very Caliente

Hosts: Pablo Alsina & Jennie López

EP 023 - Just Go Do It - Leadership, Faith & Latinas Rising Up in HR with Priscilla Guasso

Summary

Main Topics

20 years in HR across Hyatt, healthcare, and tech, anchored in corporate Chicago
The leap from corporate America to building Manifesting Leadership Group
Founding Latinas Rising Up in HR and scaling it to 11,000 women, now expanding into LATAM
"Just go do it": the catalyst phrase from her friends that finally pushed her
The 20 year built Rolodex and why she only adds two or three people a year
AI as a tool, not a soul replacement
The Netflix partnership that helped amplify Latinas Rising Up in HR from one to 11,000
Motherhood after three losses: meeting daughter Amalia through IVF
The scrappy phase: rough, real, growing in public
Faith, mindset shifts, and the prayer partner system that keeps her going

Intriguing Quotes

"You don't have to have it all figured out. What you do have to do is make a wave in the water." — Priscilla Guasso
"I'm in my scrappy phase." — Priscilla Guasso
"It's a tool. It's not meant to replace you, nor can it because it doesn't have a soul." — Priscilla Guasso on AI
"I'm not gonna regret not being with my daughter or my family." — Priscilla Guasso
"Where's your soul? Where is your realness?" — Pablo Alsina

Key Moments

[00:30] - Pablo and Jennie open and introduce Priscilla
[01:38] - Twenty years in HR across Hyatt, healthcare and technology
[02:09] - The friends who said "just go do it" and Latinas Rising Up in HR is born
[03:25] - Pablo on career switching vs staying in one lane
[05:11] - Growth on the other side of uncomfortable
[05:46] - "You don't have to have it all figured out"
[06:12] - In her scrappy phase: rough, learning, real
[08:00] - Pablo on AI flattening soul and realness in everyone's posts
[08:30] - Curating the Rolodex over 20 years and reading the room at events
[10:52] - The Netflix partnership and how it amplified Latinas Rising Up in HR
[12:55] - Motherhood, three losses, IVF, and Amalia the miracle baby
[16:09] - Her phenomenal husband, family backup, and running the LA speeches
[17:31] - Jennie's "daddies don't work" story
[18:43] - The wake up tomorrow podcast that reframed everything
[18:43] - Faith as the grounding force in good days and hard days
[20:30] - Prayer partner Edith and the magnitude shift of asking for help
[21:50] - Where to follow Priscilla and plug into the community

Notable Guests and Resources

Priscilla Guasso - CEO of Manifesting Leadership Group, founder of Latinas Rising Up in HR
Instagram: @PriscillaGuasso
Latinas Rising Up in HR: latinasrisingupinhr.com
Manifesting Leadership Group: manifestingleadership.com
Partnership: Netflix talent team
Upcoming: Latinas Rising Up in HR trip to Spain, September

Special Announcements

Follow @PriscillaGuasso on Instagram for the good, the bad and the ugly
Visit latinasrisingupinhr.com if you're in HR and want to plug into the community
Visit manifestingleadership.com for HR fractional and business support
Share this episode with anyone in their scrappy phase or thinking about leaving corporate