277: Being Fearless with Melba Tellez

Today on the show I have my friend Melba Tellez where she shares her amazing story…. we dive into ALL the things on this episode! Melba Tellez helps Latinas rise in their careers and in their lives through resources, community, and coaching. As the founder of Mujeres on the Rise, Melba has helped thousands of women find and land their dream jobs, discover their purpose, and go after the life of their dreams. After successfully overcoming many obstacles, such as dropping out of high school at the age of 16 to help out her family financially, Melba navigated her way through college alongside a full-time job and went on to get a Master’s Degree in Marketing at one of the best public universities in Texas. Today Melba is a Product Marketing Manager at Google. Her work with Mujeres on the Rise has been featured in We All Grow Latina, The Mujerista, Thrive Global, Be Fearless Summit, Cafecito Con Estrellita, and many more! Transcript: Welcome to the Art of Living big podcast. My name is Betsy pake, and I’m an author, speaker and a master mindset coach focused on helping you understand and design your life with the power of your subconscious. This podcast is designed to help you think differently about what could be possible for your life. Now, let’s go live big. Hello. Hi, everybody. All right. So I’m really excited today, because I have, I have my friend Mel ball with us. Now. She’s got a really cool story. And she’s really cool. And I just am super excited that we were able to figure out a time where she could come on. So let me tell you about Melba. So I’m not even going to say her last name because you guys know that every single time I have a guest on that I have this problem. I have a problem. Alright, Melba, hey, yes, she helps Latinas rise in their careers and live their lives, through resources, community and coaching. So she’s the founder of mohair is on the rise. And Melba has helped 1000s of women find and land their dream jobs, discover their purpose and go after the life of their dreams. But this wasn’t an easy path. And so I’m excited to have Melba on the show so that we can talk a little bit Welcome. Welcome, Melba. Hi, Betsy, thank you so much for having me. I am so excited to chat with you. And yeah, I am a fan of your podcast. I was just listening to Caleb’s episode last week, and I am so grateful to be here. Yeah, I’m so glad you’re here. Now, everybody listening, we met, we met in a coaching group, I always say to everybody, I always have a coach, child, coach. Sometimes I have multiple, but that’s how we met. And really, it was a coaching group that was designed to help you get your message out. And when I heard what your your story was, I just thought it was just such a such a triumphant story. And I like those kinds of stories. So can you tell everybody a little bit about you and kind of what your path has been? Yeah, of course. So currently, for my full time job. I am a product marketing manager at Google. And as you mentioned, I have my own business. I call it my, my nighttime or weekend endeavor. But I am the founder of Mocha is on the rise. And it’s a community that helps Latinas through resources, community and coaching. And what prompted this business idea when I started back in 2019, was really just me identifying a lot of pain points that I faced as a first generation Latina professional. So I, I dropped out of high school when I was 16. In order to get a job and help out my family financially, you know, I was raised in a single parent household. And even though I had all these dreams of going to college and doing something and having a great job,