We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Monica & Silvia Sanchez a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Monica & Silvia , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?
“I was born and raised in Lima, Peru. After what seemed like an idyllic childhood, I was ready to advance my studies. I entered in first place to the Toulouse-Lautrec institute to study graphic design -even when my father wanted me to be an architect. I succeeded and won national and international awards. This was the career I dreamed of. But when my mother died in 2006, I decided to focus on my personal life. I met my American husband in 2007, left my entire family, friends, culture and started my new life in the United States in 2009. It was hard to start from zero in a new country, even if I was able to speak English. I did freelance projects before landing my first job in the US: bilingual sales associate at Victoria’s Secret. I never thought I would be working at a mall. Resilience is part of my DNA, and I had to overcome the challenge of many professional immigrants who are well-prepared but don’t have connections or prior jobs in the US. In 2013, I joined Chase as a bilingual graphic designer. Currently, I hold my dream role working at Chase Auto as Aston Martin Financial Services Strategy marketing manager! I took the risk of leaving it all and I found my passion and the life of my dreams!”- Monica Sanchez.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Hola! We are sisters and biz partners, Monica, and Silvia, and we want to welcome you to The Career Sisterhood, a wonderful community where we mentor and develop women leaders. We are immigrants working in Corporate America who have overcome a few challenges and great experiences which have led us to very successful careers and financial freedom. We share our knowledge and real corporate experience with all our clients and Instagram followers @TheCareerSisterhood, especially Women of Color and Immigrants working or who want to work in Corporate America.
Let’s get to know each other: My name is Monica and I am a Marketing Strategic Manager for a Fortune500 company located in Delaware and my sister Silvia is a Project manager and Marketing consultant for a company based in Los Angeles. You not only will receive a personalized Coaching program from 2 career coaches. We speak English and Spanish so you can connect with us in the language of your preference, via phone call. zoom or in-person. We are outgoing, fun, empathetic and want to build a community where we can help you to succeed!
As career coaches, we provide 1 on 1 coaching, Resume and LinkedIn optimization, job interview prep sessions, career transition, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, how to handle problems at work, and post helpful career tips with a fun twist on our social media. If you are ready to go to the next level and succeed. connect with us!
Any fun sales or marketing stories?
We love our clients’ successful stories and how we helped them to accomplish their dreams. Here is one: Glen is a smart, hardworking, and energetic 63 yo engineer/manager who was stuck in a bad job and abusive management working 50-60 hours including weekends, not receiving the right compensation for his experience while dealing with ageism at his workplace. He needed the right coaches to help him to find the confidence to apply for a new job, with a great salary, along with work-life balance. The Career Sisterhood helped him with resume optimization, interview preparation including the counteroffer process and resignation letter to say “bye bye bye” to his old job. We even helped him update his look for his in-person interviews. First impressions matter!
Glen was able to get 2 great offers. Now, he is enjoying a 6 figures salary, a brand-new office, work-life balance among other benefits. Glen sent us a 360-degree video of his brand new office. We are still working with him to help to shape his career path.
You can be the star of our next successful story!
How do you keep in touch with clients and foster brand loyalty?
Our style is simple: we are not only your coaches but your partners. We build long-lasting relationships, in a natural and pressure-free environment where you are free to connect with us and get our advice. We have packages starting $150 and we offer various career programs to fit your lifestyle and goals. Since we are 2 coaches, we have flexible appointments and we can connect with you via phone call, zoom, email or in-person.
Nurturing our current clients is key for our business. We are family oriented Latin sisters. When you join our clientele, you are automatically part of our Sisterhood. If you follow our channels, you will find topics like “13 Habits that set successful women apart”; “5 ways of receiving feedback during your annual review”; “What to do when you get laid off”; “How to get a raise”; “Ways to build your personal brand at work” among others. This way, we keep our key audience (women and WOC) interested, engaged and active.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: @TheCareerSisterhood
- Other: Email: [email protected]
Image Credits
Photo for the main page: Sister Monica & Silvia, The Career Sisterhood. Photo: Portraits by Nicole Marie Photo 1. The Career Sisterhood logo Photo 2. Sisters Monica & Silvia Photo 3. Monica & Silvia connecting with clients via Zoom Photo 4. Monica with Jay Leno at his garage in Los Angeles Photo 5. Jennifer Piepszak, Co-CEO of Consumer & Community Banking JPMC; Monica Sanchez, Aston Martin Financial Services Marketing Strategy manager; Lara Martin from Adelante and Jennifer Roberts, CEO of Chase Consumer Banking Photo 6. Monica is Adelante Mid-Atlantic Co-Chair at JPMC Photo: Miguel Nunez Photo 7. Sisters Monica and Silvia are avid travelers Photo 8. We are a family oriented team Photo: Portraits by Nicole Marie