362 - Rethinking Labels and Identity with Yvonne

Listeners, we are back this week with Yvonne

In this episode, Pam sits down with Yvonne, a passionate public speaker and entrepreneur, to explore her journey from the tech industry to pursuing her true passion. Join us as we discover Yvonne's inspiring story and her dedication to empowering Latinas and introverts through her work.

Yvonne is a Public Speaker & Founder of Chats with Yvonne, a consulting firm that provides public speaking training to individuals, corporate teams, and community organizations.

My public speaking practice is rooted in creating accessible, culturally affirming, and introvert-friendly environments that help people practice and improve their public speaking. She’s also the Founder of ¡Latina, Presente!, a community providing a community and monthly programming for Latinas & Introverts to practice public speaking, con cultura.

Her speaking career began as keynote speaker for education-based conferences, later receiving her B.A. in Media and Native American Studies from UC Berkeley and MBA from SJSU. Before going full-time in her public speaking practice, she had a career in tech for 7 years in Experiential Marketing, Internal Communications, Social Impact, & Community Management.

Leveraging her communications and public speaking expertise of 10+ years, she shares her knowledge in public speaking from her perspectives as an Introverted First Gen Latina.