E52: From Engineer to Community Builder: How This First-Gen Latina Created a Movement for Women

What happens after you achieve the dream your family sacrificed everything for?

For so many first-gen Latinas, the goal was clear: graduate college, get the stable job, and make your family proud. But what happens when you get there… and still feel like there’s something more calling you?

In this episode, I sit down with Marisa Lopez, engineer and founder of Made of Más, an intergenerational community creating spaces for women to reconnect with joy, movement, creativity, and themselves.

Marisa shares her powerful journey of rediscovering who she was outside of academic success and career titles. From traveling the world and taking dance classes to eventually creating community events that bring women together through movement and creativity, her story is a reminder that your dreams don’t have to fit into one box.

We talk about:

- The identity crisis many first-gen Latinas face after achieving the “stable job”

- Why success alone doesn’t always equal fulfillment- Healing your inner niña interior through creativity and joy

- Creating spaces where mujeres — including our moms and tías — feel welcome

- The courage it takes to pursue a dream while still working your 9-5

- Why the dream in your heart is there for a reason

If you’ve ever felt like there’s something bigger meant for you… this conversation will hit home.

Your dreams don’t have to replace your career.

They can expand who you are.

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