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The First Gen Coach: Career Development for Latinas and First Gen Professionals

Carla Santamaria

On the First Gen Coach podcast, first generation professionals learn how to rethink limiting cultural beliefs, up-level their mindset, advance in their careers, and build generational wealth. Host Carla Santamaria and her guests deliver practical and actionable ways to own your brilliance and have a thriving career and life. IG: @CarlaTheFirstGenCoach

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All Episodes

00:46:41

120. How to Retire a Millionaire as a First Gen:...

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2025/03/15

In this episode, Walli Miller, a first gen Latina who retired EARLY after becoming a millionaire, breaks down the essentials of financial independence, early retirement, and becoming work optional. We discuss why workplace retirement accounts are game changers, how to navigate stock market fluctuations without stress, and the real difference between investing in the stock market and gambling. Here are more highlights: How to evaluate a job offer based on ALL aspects of compensation, not just base

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00:43:42

119. Overcoming Wealth Guilt as a First Gen: Walli...

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2025/02/24

In this episode, I sit down with Walli Miller, a financial coach and early retiree, to hear her inspiring journey from growing up in a low-income household in the Bronx to reaching financial independence by age 39. Walli shares how her career in public service shaped her perspective on money, why salary negotiation is a game-changer, and the emotional side of wealth—including the guilt that can come with financial success. She also breaks down how to build wealth through investing and gives

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00:25:56

118. How to Make Your Resume Stand Out

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2025/02/18

Your resume should tell the story of your impact—not just list your responsibilities. In this episode, I break down how to make your resume stand out by focusing on what you’ve actually achieved. I introduce a simple yet powerful framework—activities, outcomes, and impact—to help you articulate your contributions in a way that gets noticed.I also dive into why it’s so important to align your resume with where you want to go in your career. Plus, I share real-life examples and why leadership and

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00:12:51

BONUS: 10,000 Thank Yous!

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2025/02/14

Fill out the First Gen Coach Community Survey and Enter to Win a FREE Coaching Call! https://thefirstgencoach.com/survey THANK YOU FOR 10,000 DOWNLOADS! It has been an incredible journey and I am truly, truly grateful for each of you. Every download or stream, every review, every DM, every share–they all mean so much to me. It’s what has kept me going. But don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere! As a token of my gratitude, I am offering two opportunities to win free coaching. One will launch later this

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00:33:36

117. Career Moves For Financial Independence: How...

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2025/02/10

In this episode, I sit down with Nicole Stanley, a financial coach and entrepreneur, to talk about her journey to financial freedom. Nicole shares how she paid off $30,000 of debt in 10 months, leveraged job hopping and a career pivots, and shifted her money mindset. We discuss the emotional side of finance, the importance of financial education for women, and how investing is key to long-term security. Nicole also shares how breaking free from extreme frugality helped her build a more confident and

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00:55:05

116. Grow Your Career through Public Speaking with...

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2025/02/03

In this episode, I welcome back Yvonne Armenta, a public speaking consultant and podcaster. Yvonne shares her journey from a shy child who was too scared to ask for a bottle of ketchup, to the confident public speaker and public speaking consultant she is today. Yvonne, who is naturally an introvert, talks about the unique strengths that introverts have when it comes to public speaking, and how we can all lean into our strengths to grow our careers through public speaking skills. We also talked

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00:14:36

115. A Quick Start Guide to Networking Events

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2025/01/28

If you know you should be networking but don’t know where to get started this is the episode for you! Or maybe you have been going to networking events but you’re unsure if you’re making the most of them, then this episode is also for you. Regardless of where you are in your networking journey, this quick start guide will help you know what to do before, during, and after a networking event so you can be effective, feel confident, and build authentic relationships. Key Takeaways: Prioritize

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00:34:25

114. Preventing and Managing Burnout

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2025/01/22

In this episode, I get super vulnerable and transparent about the toll it’s taken to grow a business while working full time. Essentially, I was dealing with burnout and I didn’t even know it. Tune in to listen to how I recognized it, how I am prioritizing rest, and what you can do to manage and ideally prevent career burnout. Key Takeaways: Why prioritizing rest is essential for high achieving first gens. How scheduling downtime will actually help you reach your goals faster. How to

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00:34:15

113. Career Growth Strategies for 2025

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2025/01/08

New year, new career growth strategy! In this episode, I focus on career growth and job searching strategies you can implement in 2025. I talk about the realities of the current job market, challenges that job seekers are encountering, and steps that you can proactively take to grow your career this year! I also define internal career moves and lateral career moves, and explain how you can leverage these to pivot into a new role or industry. Listen now!Referenced Episodes: Community Building

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00:43:57

112. Defying Family Expectations & Tapping into New...

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2024/12/15

In this episode, I interview Mel Moreno, co-founder of GhostTown.Global. Mel shares her experience breaking free from family expectations carving her own path as a first gen and only daughter in her family. We discuss our experience founding a business while having a full time job, and what it takes to make it succeed without having venture capital funding. We also talk about transferable skills, and how all the skills you develop in your career, including service industry jobs, can be leveraged

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00:52:41

111. Resilience and Representation: Breaking Barriers...

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2024/12/04

In this Career Spotlight episode, I talk with Jeyra Arocho, an Afro Latina fire protection engineer and trailblazer. Jeyra, who was displaced from her home of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, shares the challenges she has overcome in her career, including language barriers and housing insecurity. But what stands out is Jeyra’s fierce determination and the joy she brings when talking about helping others through their own career journeys. We discuss all things mentorship, self-advocacy, and how to

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00:49:59

110. Do This Now to Get a Job in the New Year

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2024/11/25

n this episode, I cover three specific actions you can take right now to get job offers in the New Year. Look, as of this publish date, there are still five full weeks in the year. That is five full weeks when you can be taking action that will help you get job offers. And no, I don’t mean endlessly applying into the void of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). I mean actual, meaningful steps that are planting the seeds for the job offers you will harvest in the New Year. I also explain why not all

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00:48:38

109. Get Job Offers Faster with These 5 Steps

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2024/11/22

In this episode, I teach you the strategies you can start implementing today to get job offers faster. These are the strategies that I teach inside my 1:1 coaching program and that my clients have leveraged to collectively increase their salaries by over half a million dollars! I share templates that you can use to follow up after you apply, reflection questions you can journal on to get into the right job searching mindset, and even share ChatGPT prompts you can use to be more effective in your job

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00:42:02

108. Increasing Confidence During Job Interviews

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2024/11/15

Register Here to learn How to Get Job Offers FasterIn this episode, I share a 5-step process you can use to increase your confidence during job interviews. The first step focuses on a helpful way to think about job interviews that will ground you in your own strengths and certainty that you can do the job. Then, I dive into concrete strategies you can implement to increase your confidence. This is the job interview process I used to secure multiple six-figure job offers, and it’s the process I

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00:27:20

107. Three Ways to Increase Your Salary by $30,000

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2024/10/29

Register Here to learn How to Get Job Offers FasterIn this episode, I share three ways you can increase your salary by $30,000 by sharing case studies from past clients. I share the specific steps my clients took to increase their confidence negotiating their salaries, acing the job interview, and learning to speak about their accomplishments. Together, these skills helped them increase their salary by $30k! Tune in to learn what steps you can take to increase your salary by $30,000 too! Plus, why

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00:38:04

106. Paving the Way in Big Law with Latina Legal...

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2024/09/26

When I was growing up, I thought my only career options were: doctor, lawyer, teacher. In today’s episode, I talk to an actual lawyer and ask her ALL the questions I wish I had had answers to growing up. This week’s guest is Kimberly Lopez, host of the Latina Legal Minds Podcast. Kimberly is a badass Latina who is not only thriving in Big Law, but also paving the way for other Latinas in the legal field. Kimberly shares insight into the legal professional and what you need to know before you

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00:45:33

105. Launching a Successful Latine-focused Candle...

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2024/09/16

In this episode,I speak to the founder and CEO of Bonita Fierce Candles, Melissa Gallardo. Melissa shares her journey of launching a candle brand that celebrates Latine Culture and Heritage. She talks about how she turned her hobby into a full-time business, the lessons she’s learned along the way, and the support she’s had and the investments she’s made that helped her get here. Melissa talks about how some of the oppressive structures in corporate, such as not having health insurance as a

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00:58:29

104. Managing Money Anxiety while Job Searching

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2024/09/05

Money anxiety is a beast. In this episode, I talk through 5 steps you can implement to manage money anxiety while in your job search. I share my experience growing up low-income and continuing to earn a low salary even after I got my master’s degree, and how that led to making an “investment” decision out of desperation and lack of financial literacy. I talk about the lows that come with trying to make ends meet, and why being graceful with yourself if the absolute most important thing you can do

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00:40:37

103. How to Apply to Jobs Faster

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2024/08/27

There is a wrong way to apply to jobs that takes forever and gets very little results, and there is a right way to apply to jobs that is much because it focuses your time on activities that will actually move the needle in your job search. This episode explains that 5-step process you can use to apply to jobs faster, without editing four resume for the ATS every single time. Referenced Episodes: 62. What to do When You're Not Motivated in Your Job Search Networking & Community Building

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00:20:11

102. How to Get a Six Figure Job

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2024/08/09

In this episode I share the two crucial steps you need to take in order to get a six figure job. I debunk some myths about six-figure jobs, talk about money mindset, and share exactly what you need to do to get a six-figure job with the skills you already have. No additional schooling or tech bootcamp needed! Resources and Links How to Land a High-Paying Job: thefirstgencoach.com/freetraining Private 1:1 Coaching: https://calendly.com/thefirstgencoach/discovery-call Download your⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠FREE

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