MY STORY

I was born into a traditional Puerto Rican family in a house packed with 12 people—where privacy was a fantasy and nothing was ever truly mine. I grew up the invisible, “good” Catholic girl who never ruffled feathers. My family meant well, but they were stuck in the dark ages, where being a woman meant keeping quiet, putting yourself last, and surviving in a world that wasn’t built for you.

That training in self-sacrifice? It led me straight into an abusive marriage at 21.  That lasted way longer than it should have in the name of "staying together for the kids".  NEWS FLASH...that's not a real thing nor is it healthy... so divorce it was. Then my second marriage in the name of “safety.” Spoiler alert: safety was boring as hell. I was exhausted, stressed, and basically raising kids like a single mom while still wearing a wedding ring. (Total bullish!t, right?!) One day, I thought: This cannot be the rest of my life. I just wanted to know what being happy felt like.

So I went searching. I found mentorship, life coaching, women’s circles—and finally, I found myself. And once I met her, there was no way I could keep betraying her. Cue divorce #2 and DAMN did it feel good!

But I didn’t stop there. I knew I wasn’t the only “good girl” who had lost herself trying to please everyone else. So I became a women’s life coach specializing in Good Girl Syndrome—because when you break free, you don’t just keep the secret, you pay it forward.

Now, I refuse to be the woman the world trained me to be: small, obedient, exhausted, and quiet. Instead, I’m rewriting the rules of what happiness and success look like—on my terms. Loud. Free. Unapologetic. And just rebellious enough to make “good girls” everywhere wonder what they’re missing.