In this episode of Change the Reel, Monique and Piper sit

down with Jennie Lopez—Latina chemical engineer turned corporate

executive, professional dancer, author, and speaker—to talk about

authenticity, inclusion, and why embracing your uniqueness is the key to

success.

From NFL sidelines to executive boardrooms, Jennie’s journey shows

what happens when you stop hiding your “horn” and start leading as your

full self. Now known as the “Intentional Unicorn,” she empowers leaders,

entrepreneurs, and changemakers to harness their authentic superpowers

and thrive. #Authenticity #WomenInLeadership #ChangeTheReel

Why This Matters Now

In an era where AI and automation dominate headlines, authenticity is

becoming the most valuable edge. Jennie’s story proves that inclusion,

intentionality, and authenticity aren’t buzzwords—they’re business

strategies that drive impact, innovation, and legacy.

#RepresentationMatters #AuthenticVoices #InclusionInBusiness

Owning the Unicorn Within

• From Puerto Rico to the C-Suite
• Jennie reflects on her path as a Latina engineer and executive
• navigating industries where diversity wasn’t the norm—and the moment she
• realized hiding her accent, culture, or energy was holding her back.
• 
  
• 
  
• Turning Vulnerability into Power
• 
  
• What others called “too nice” or “too Latina” became Jennie’s
• differentiators. She shares how embracing vulnerability and authenticity
• transformed her career trajectory.
• 
  
• 
  
• The Power of Representation
• 
  
• For Jennie, representation isn’t optional—it’s a responsibility. Her
• work demonstrates how intentional inclusion brings out the best in
• people and organizations alike.
• 
  

Storytelling, Dance, and Video as Amplifiers

From dancing professionally and cheering for the NFL to launching

empowering videos on LinkedIn, Jennie shows how storytelling and

movement have always been part of her leadership. She explains why

video, used authentically, remains one of the most powerful ways to

connect with audiences. #Storytelling #AuthenticVoices #WomenInMedia

Beyond Corporate to Entrepreneurship

Leaving behind a career she loved wasn’t easy—but Jennie knew her

mission to empower others was bigger. Today, she speaks, coaches, and

consults through her brand Intentional Unicorn, guiding others to unlock their own superpowers and step boldly into leadership. #WomenEntrepreneurs #LatinasInBusiness

Looking Forward

From bestselling books to TEDx stages, Jennie continues to innovate. Her

upcoming app will make her coaching more accessible, proving that

authentic leadership and intentional inclusion scale far beyond a single

keynote or boardroom.

Bottom Line

Jennie Lopez reminds us that success comes from showing up as your full

self—intentionally, authentically, and unapologetically. By embracing

diversity, inclusion, and authenticity, leaders can create impact that

lasts beyond themselves.

Change the Reel: Where representation starts here. Join

us twice monthly as we explore how different voices shape the stories

we tell and help you navigate the world of authentic media production.

#ChangeTheReel #Authenticity #WomenInLeadership #RepresentationMatters

#IntentionalUnicorn #LatinasInBusiness #WomenEntrepreneurs

#InclusionInBusiness #Storytelling #AuthenticVoices

2 3 The Intentional Unicorn: Authenticity, Inclusion, and Leadership with Jennie Lopez

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I always believe all of us are unicorns and we make the mistake of saying,

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oh, we look different, so we should hide the horn.

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And I worked so hard personally in trying to knock it down and I got lost.

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And I said, you know what, when I'm my authentic self, bubbly self,

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that's whenever I do my best work, I'm just going to live with it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:19

So instead of hiding that horn, show it intentionally and yeah, make it happen.

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:24

Show the world.

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In this world of media and AI, authenticity is going to win.

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:31

It's the only thing that is going to separate your business.

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:34

It's the only thing that is going to separate your brand.

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:36

Like right now, you see, everybody now can do newsletter.

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But you can see who used AI and didn't put any effort on making it their own, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:46

Versus the people who are like, the things that AI says all the time and they sound like robots, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:00:52

It's just totally inauthentic.

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So authenticity is going to be your edge.

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Monique and Piper : Hey, y'all.

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I'm Monique Velasquez.

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And I'm Piper Kessler.

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Today, I'm excited to get to know and introduce our guest, Jenny Lopez.

Monique: 00:01:50

Yeah, I'm sure she's never heard Jenny on the block.

Monique: 00:01:54

And we're not going to say it here.

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I came across Jenny on LinkedIn.

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Her posts grabbed my attention.

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She was doing a series of live conversations with colleagues and discussing the challenges

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announced when the government changed administration at the beginning of this year.

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And I thought, hmm, I should follow her lead and put together a series to help nonprofits

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in this area.

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So thank you for that idea.

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After I looked at your credentials and your socials, I noticed that you had a real message,

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a mission, right?

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So I reached out and asked to connect on LinkedIn and then invited you to be a guest.

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And here's why.

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Jenny Lopez is a natural leader, speaker, and author.

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She advocates being authentic in life and the workplace.

Monique: 00:02:40

Currently, she helps leaders and entrepreneurs with clarity, strategy, and accountability to

Monique: 00:02:46

become a unicorn in their industry. She's the international,

Monique: 00:02:51

Monique and Piper : intentional unicorn,

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just like the

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book says. She empowers individuals and organizations to unleash their unique superpowers through keynote

Monique: 00:03:00

speaking, consulting, and coaching. Jenny has over 23 years, I can't believe that, in the corporate

Monique: 00:03:05

world as a Latina chemical engineer navigating a successful career in manufacturing, business,

Monique: 00:03:11

HR, including several executive leadership roles. She's been seen firsthand the impact of authenticity

Monique: 00:03:18

and inclusion, especially in the environments where diversity isn't the norm. Jenny is the author of

Monique: 00:03:24

the recently launched book and an Amazon bestseller, Intentional Unicorn. Jenny is a recognized advocate

Monique: 00:03:31

for diversity and empowerment. Jenny, thanks for joining us on Change the Real.

Jennie Lopez: 00:03:41

Representation

Jennie Lopez: 00:03:41

many people say the international, I take it as a sign. Like maybe the sign is that that's the next

Jennie Lopez: 00:03:46

step, going international.

Monique: 00:03:49

It reads that way real quick and it's like, no, it's intentional. But

Monique: 00:03:53

I like international too. You kind of are international, so we're going to go with that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:03:58

Thanks for having me here. Super excited about the conversation.

Monique: 00:04:01

LinkedIn is an amazing place, right? It

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:03

is. It is. And you are absolutely right. So at the beginning

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:06

of this year with the whole changing climate, there was a lot of emotion and fear. And I

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:12

reached out to a couple friends and that's the best, you know, I think proximity is key.

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:17

And I say, what can we do about it in a way that is more empowering towards action versus

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:21

just being paralyzed by fear? And it's just authentic, intentional, right? Back to that

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:27

word. And just like you, we reach out to a lot of people giving, this is what we can do,

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:33

focus on what we can control and listen power change. So it was a really nice way to start the

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:37

year.

Piper: 00:04:37

Yeah,

Monique: 00:04:38

it totally was.

Piper: 00:04:39

So one of the things that we always ask our guests is give you an

Piper: 00:04:44

opportunity to hand out your flowers today. Who would you honor for shaping your entrepreneurial

Piper: 00:04:50

journey?

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:51

Oh, my goodness. That's such a beautiful, beautiful question. I never in a million years

Jennie Lopez: 00:04:57

thought that I was going to be in the entrepreneurial year because I don't have that in my family,

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:01

those kind of role models. But I started really this journey with Tony Robbins. I don't know if

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:06

you guys know him, but he's very empowering, very motivational, a lot of knowledge. And I started

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:12

that journey about 2017. And honestly, he inspired me. And I'm glad that I spent that many years

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:18

because he says that success is 80% mindset, because we can be our worst enemies and 20%

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:24

strategy. So strategy, I'm good with strategy. But the mindset piece was the one that had the,

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:30

that I needed to work the most.

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:31

And I'm so glad I did for so many years

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:33

and empowered me now to just follow my mission 100%.

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:36

So I will say he shaped a lot of my business and my why.

Monique: 00:05:39

Have you met him?

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:40

Yes.

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:43

Yes, I'm part, I'm very blessed.

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:45

I'm part of his platinum community.

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:47

So I see him personally several times a year,

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:51

including next week that we have a business mastery training

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:55

and have a couple of questions and Q&A with him,

Jennie Lopez: 00:05:59

I have a couple of even pictures.

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So I have proof.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:03

But no, he's a really, really, really good guy.

Monique: 00:06:06

Yeah, he's an amazing speaker and a real gift of helping entrepreneurs really get through

Monique: 00:06:14

some things that shouldn't be things.

Monique: 00:06:16

But here we are.

Monique: 00:06:17

I want you to tell us a little bit about your business.

Monique: 00:06:20

What's the heart of what you do and what keeps you motivated to show up and create every day

Monique: 00:06:25

in your business?

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:26

I love it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:26

And Monique and Piper, if you think of me, think about authenticity.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:30

Like if I have a mission is to empower people to be their most authentic self because that's whenever we do our best work.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:36

So I always think about my why.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:39

And if I reflect back about my career, even what you read about me, it looks so nice on paper, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:46

All success, success, success.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:47

And nobody knows how hard it is and all the bumps and all the things that we go through.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:53

And I said, I don't want the next generation to have to go through that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:56

I don't want my kids to have to go through that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:58

And honestly, that's my why.

Jennie Lopez: 00:06:59

That keeps me away to always be posting that kind of empowering content in every social media.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:06

And my business, I'm a motivational speaker.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:08

I also help individuals to build authentic brands so they can launch what's next for them.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:13

Some people that I work with, they are writing books.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:16

They are starting podcasts just like yours, or they are starting businesses.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:20

Anything that is that they thought, oh, this is impossible for people like me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:24

I don't see a lot of role models there.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:26

I just love to unleash what I call unicorns and make them thrive, help them thrive.

Monique: 00:07:30

Ah, that's awesome.

Monique: 00:07:32

And the name of your business?

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:34

It's Jenny Lopez Enterprise.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:35

But my brand, where you can find me, is Intentional Unicorn.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:38

I always believe all of us are unicorns.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:41

And we make the mistake of saying, oh, we look different.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:44

So we should hide the horn.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:46

And I worked so hard personally in trying to knock it down.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:50

And I got lost.

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:51

And I said, you know what?

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:52

when I'm my authentic self, bubbly self, the sooner I do my best work, I'm just going to live

Jennie Lopez: 00:07:57

with it. So instead of hiding that horn, show it intentionally and yeah, make it happen. Show the

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:03

world.

Piper: 00:08:04

Can you share that moment of when you realized representation was missing in your industry

Piper: 00:08:09

and how did you push to create the change you wanted to see?

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:12

Yeah, absolutely. Oh goodness,

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:14

where do I start? Because I'm from Puerto Rico. And it's so funny, I never understood this whole

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:20

concept of diversity and inclusion because we in puerto rico our we are a melting pot of everything

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:26

so for me that's that was the norm to give you an example i studied chemical engineering 80 percent

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:32

of my class were women in puerto rico 80 so for me that's like okay engineering is a woman

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:41

field so when i move here to do my master's in chemical engineering i look around it's like

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:46

three of us, like three. And I'm thinking, what is this? It was such a drastic change,

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:52

but I didn't think any of it. But obviously when you start, when I started in my career,

Jennie Lopez: 00:08:57

I got a lot of feedback that was about what I call more superficial things that they will say,

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:01

I don't dress like an engineer. I don't look smart, that I empower people too much, that I'm too nice.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:09

Even to be honest with you, Monique, one time there was a boss of mine who said,

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:13

Don't let your Latina out when you go to that meeting because it's too important.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:18

And at this point, I still don't know what he meant by that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:20

So when you get that feedback on and on and on, I said, there must be something wrong with me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:25

And then I say, I just want to be respectful.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:27

So I think fitting in is the success formula.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:31

And I tried really hard on my accent.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:33

As you can tell, it didn't work.

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:35

I tried to do more like black and white and just change who I was, smile less, be more

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:40

command and control, but I lost myself, like I told you. And then I said, that's it. I'm going

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:46

to be me. I'm going to be intentional. My career took up. And then I said, because I doubted for a

Jennie Lopez: 00:09:54

while because I said, oh, I don't have role models. But then I said, if you ask better questions,

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:00

you live a better life. So what if I become that role model? And I'm not saying that I'm perfect,

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:04

But just saying, hey, you can be a woman, a mom, a Latina, whatever, bubbly engineer and still be successful and attain your goals.

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:13

So that motivated me and it keeps powering me up.

Monique: 00:10:17

I want to talk a little bit about this idea of unicorn.

Monique: 00:10:19

And you may know this, but unicorn in the business setting is known as a billionaire or billion dollar company.

Monique: 00:10:26

Right.

Monique: 00:10:27

And so

Monique: 00:10:28

Monique and Piper : there's

Monique: 00:10:29

I was thinking that maybe that was like some of that, too, is like wrapped into the intentional unicorn.

Monique: 00:10:35

And I wasn't 100 percent sure, but I felt like it was about authenticity for sure.

Monique: 00:10:41

But I didn't

Monique: 00:10:42

Monique and Piper : know

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:42

how

Monique: 00:10:42

much, you know, some of that idea of business is wrapped into your book.

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:47

Yeah, no, no so much into that side, even though always hashtag goals, correct.

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:52

but honestly for me is that i think even if you think about corporate world we call unicorns the

Jennie Lopez: 00:10:57

people who are rare like those are the gems but i think we all are so that's how i think very

Jennie Lopez: 00:11:04

differently it's just that we hide so much of ourselves that we don't show how much of a gem

Jennie Lopez: 00:11:11

we are and so let's find out what are our superpowers which mine are different than yours

Jennie Lopez: 00:11:16

Monique or Piper, but that's how God put me here and how I can help, but let's be intentional with

Jennie Lopez: 00:11:23

that. And we all are unicorns and we should be all working towards, you know, together,

Jennie Lopez: 00:11:28

a same goal. No, that one is better than the other one. And

Monique: 00:11:31

I love, love, love that it's

Monique: 00:11:35

brought together with the idea that it's intentional. It's like, hey, I grew up here in the United States

Monique: 00:11:40

where, you know, assimilation was like the thing.

Monique: 00:11:43

I have an accent to some degree

Monique: 00:11:46

because I lived in North Carolina for a long time,

Monique: 00:11:48

but it's hard to place where I'm from.

Monique: 00:11:51

I was born in Texas.

Monique: 00:11:52

My dad was in the service.

Monique: 00:11:53

You know, we moved around a lot

Monique: 00:11:55

and there were some things that, you know,

Monique: 00:11:57

you couldn't hide, you know, brown skin, you know.

Monique: 00:12:00

And so there were some intentional things

Monique: 00:12:02

that we were like hiding.

Monique: 00:12:04

We did them at home, of course, right?

Monique: 00:12:06

You've got, you know, your culture

Monique: 00:12:08

and you're expressing who you are at home.

Monique: 00:12:12

And then, you know, we talked to somebody yesterday

Monique: 00:12:14

who talks about not closing those doors to who you are

Monique: 00:12:18

and having that open expression of who you are

Monique: 00:12:23

and that having those doors open

Monique: 00:12:25

and expressing yourself intentionally with your full self,

Monique: 00:12:29

that that is when you unleash the best parts of you.

Monique: 00:12:34

And I think that is what your message is.

Monique: 00:12:38

And I just love that we were able to kind of sew all of this together.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:42

Yeah, I started using more the word.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:45

Well, I've always been a fan of intentional.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:48

But I think as a motivational speaker, I started empowering people too much.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:53

Because there was one time that there was a lady at the end.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:57

She didn't even need a mic.

Jennie Lopez: 00:12:58

And she said, well, I disagree with you because I am who I am.

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:02

And I still have issues.

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:03

And I show them that I can be unapologetically myself.

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:06

but then we're missing the point. It's not about you or me or you, Piper. Sorry, I'm like pointing

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:13

and you guys don't know who I'm pointing at. But it's about how we can best help. How can we best

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:21

create solutions? How can we best solve problems? And then just like you said, Monique, by not hiding

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:27

any side of you, people are watching, right? And then we become role models and then we open

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:33

opportunities for others. And for me, that's super meaningful.

Monique: 00:13:36

Why does inclusion matter to you as a

Monique: 00:13:39

business owner? What's the most rewarding or challenging part of weaving that into it? Like

Monique: 00:13:44

for us, we intentionally look for LGBTQ and people of color to assist in their journey in their career.

Monique: 00:13:54

How

Jennie Lopez: 00:13:55

does inclusion,

Monique: 00:13:55

what do you do intentionally with your inclusion as your business?

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:00

Absolutely. For me, if I don't have inclusion, I cannot connect to the people who I can help.

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:06

So I really need to understand different perspectives. And all we know sometimes is

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:11

I'm a coach too, right? And the analogy that I said is that watching in the sidelines,

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:16

you're playing in the field, but I'm watching the things that you're not seeing because you're

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:19

so focused, right? So I need that inclusion of diversity of different voices, different

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:25

perspective so I can best reach to my client. I'm talking about not only like even, you know,

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:31

racial, I'm talking about generation, age, different, different perspective. And I learned

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:38

that earlier because as a leader, and yes, I was in the corporate for 23 years. I'm not, I'm not

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:44

making that up. My superpower was that I created cultures that win. That was it. That's, that's what

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:51

helped me going from manufacturing to the business and the NHR. And by doing that, you just unleash

Jennie Lopez: 00:14:56

the best out of everybody if you are really focusing on inclusion and all the different

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:00

ideas and perspectives. And for me, that's what helped all the organizations that I help,

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:06

help us strive. And I'm carrying that on as a really big learning in my business.

Monique: 00:15:12

You've got proof in the corporate

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:13

sector that

Monique: 00:15:14

it was working. And then now you have proof in your

Monique: 00:15:16

own business, right? And helping

Monique: 00:15:18

Monique and Piper : other businesses.

Monique: 00:15:19

So I love that there's proof about, you know,

Monique: 00:15:22

working intentionally to bring in different, you know, North, South, age, you know, older, younger,

Monique: 00:15:30

you know, just international perspectives, all of these things that just help the company,

Monique: 00:15:38

whatever company it is, sort of get a better handle on the market from a different perspective

Monique: 00:15:44

and where you can capitalize your next move or to improve something that you have going on.

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:52

Yes, yes.

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:53

And how you can include the best out of everybody.

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:55

It's so funny.

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:56

Some people just, they're missing out so much.

Jennie Lopez: 00:15:58

And I'm not mentioning names, but one of my biggest business mentors, he was a dropout from college.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:07

He was in a gang when he was younger.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:10

obviously had his breakthrough, evolved, and built a multi-million dollar business.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:16

And he's such an amazing person.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:18

But typically, people will just pass through that if they only judge by one side.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:22

So I think people are just missing out.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:24

Get to know the superpowers of each person.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:27

Forget about the superficial stuff.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:30

And let's unleash the best out of people.

Monique: 00:16:32

When you're working with people like this, they see that you're intentional, right?

Monique: 00:16:37

They see your differences.

Monique: 00:16:39

And do you think that is like an attraction for them to want to work with you?

Monique: 00:16:44

You know, that is part of your superpower and that's what draws them in.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:48

Oh, I love it. I love it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:50

Yeah. So my superpowers is kind of dual is the diversity of experiences that I have had.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:56

Because you only mentioned my engineering side.

Jennie Lopez: 00:16:59

I have a just as powerful side as a professional dancer that we didn't cover.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:04

So I have all this variety of experiences that I can help any, you know, a lot of people, diverse people.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:11

But then a lot of people, they understand, they connect with me because I understand the cultural side.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:17

So there's not a lot of Latinas out there that have gone through what I have gone through or that, you know, that have been able to climb the ladder, whatever that's the term that they had.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:27

So they do connect with me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:28

They know the perspective.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:29

They know the limiting beliefs that we grew up with.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:32

And I know how to connect with them.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:34

And then I can do English and Spanish.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:35

Spanish is the best word that connects with them.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:38

So, yeah, that's one of my superpowers.

Piper: 00:17:40

So because we do video, how has video and storytelling helped you amplify your voice or connect with your audience and using that authenticity?

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:51

It's been everything, Piper.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:53

And I think I have to thank my dad.

Jennie Lopez: 00:17:56

So back in the day, you know, the back, like the old video cameras, you know, that you have to put the film and like, right?

Monique: 00:18:04

Okay.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:05

He was a fan of that and pictures.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:07

And my sister and I were dancers and he will be taking the pictures of the same dance all the time.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:12

He's like, Jenny, you have to capture the moment.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:14

You have to capture the moment and create memories.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:18

So I've always lived with Dan.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:20

So before this business, I actually had another business for seven years as a fitness and dancer professional.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:27

And I started in Instagram and I'm like, I just started connecting with people very authentically through dance and empowering posts in my dancing for that business.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:36

So when I started in LinkedIn, I said, huh.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:39

And that was back when in LinkedIn, people were just doing, I'm so humble about this award.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:44

I just got promoted.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:45

I didn't know all they're like, I'm so humble about this opportunity.

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:49

that was it right so i said what if i put a video of me dancing with an empowering quote

Jennie Lopez: 00:18:56

so i started putting those videos and people were like wow this is so refreshing way you know best

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:01

way to start the day yes i will get some trolls that say this is not tiktok why are you doing

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:05

dancing here and i well then this is not your cup of tea so keep scrolling yes it allows everybody

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:12

to connect in a way that is very authentic so the right client the right audience is going to connect

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:16

with me because I'm doing it very authentically. So I love video. There's no, if you do it in a

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:21

very raw and authentic way, it's the best way to connect.

Monique: 00:19:25

You also have this book. What prompted

Monique: 00:19:28

you to use the book?

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:30

I always said, it's so funny, Monique, I will say when I'm old and when I retire,

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:36

when I have time, I will write a book. It's always been a goal of mine. And then I met another lady,

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:42

Her name is Jackie Ruiz, and she owns a book company, book publishing company.

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:47

But I met her because she's a pilot, a woman.

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:50

And in the last five minutes, she said, I said, hey, this is not the end.

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:54

One of these days, our lives will connect again because I want to write a book.

Jennie Lopez: 00:19:57

And she said, hold on, pitch it to me in five minutes.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:00

And I said, so I call it divine intervention.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:03

I just like, this is it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:05

And she said, let's do it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:06

And then I almost said, I don't have time.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:08

I don't know how, you know, all these limiting beliefs.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:11

and I say, let's go, because it's in those three seconds of courage.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:15

And I'm glad I did.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:17

I was able to, this is not like a PhD book.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:22

The way I write is the way I have a conversation with you and people connect with that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:26

Ended up being an Amazon bestseller.

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:27

And I say that, saying that, wow, those three seconds of courage led to the message reached

Jennie Lopez: 00:20:34

to so many people.

Monique: 00:20:36

Yeah, like being able to take, recognize the opportunity, seize the opportunity, and

Monique: 00:20:41

And I'm going to go back to this was an interesting conversation because it wasn't with a white guy in New York that was in the publishing in a different sort of setting.

Monique: 00:20:53

This was a true personal, you've already connected in a different way.

Monique: 00:21:00

And you had this opportunity because you were in a room with somebody that looked like you and understood where you were coming from.

Monique: 00:21:08

So I love this happenstance, this serendipity and the courage to say, hey, I'm going to do this.

Jennie Lopez: 00:21:17

You're so right. That was a really good distinction, Monique. Thank you.

Monique: 00:21:21

Yeah. I mean, it's amazing that we can do these sorts of things. And I'm thinking that you probably

Monique: 00:21:27

have lots of stories like this where you just are like, hey, let's take advantage of this

Monique: 00:21:33

in your career. I mean, you were talking about dancing. Tell us a little bit about what you

Monique: 00:21:37

what you were doing were you like you had a studio or were you you know yeah

Jennie Lopez: 00:21:43

so back home in Puerto

Jennie Lopez: 00:21:45

Rico I was a backup dancer so for many big artists Julio Iglesias, Anita Nazario, Mani Manuel I worked

Jennie Lopez: 00:21:52

at a tv show as a dancer as well see like film and videos always follow me for some reason and I

Jennie Lopez: 00:21:59

always did that in parallel of my chemical engineering so when I moved to Indiana I was an

Jennie Lopez: 00:22:03

NFL cheerleader, captain and choreographer for the Indianapolis Colts for seven years. I even own a

Jennie Lopez: 00:22:09

Super Bowl ring, which is crazy. And then, you know, the company Zumba, which is like dance fitness.

Jennie Lopez: 00:22:15

I work for them. And this one is right. I work for them as an international fitness master

Jennie Lopez: 00:22:21

trainer for them. So dancing has been always in my genes. That's what fills my cup. And I'm not

Jennie Lopez: 00:22:29

going to stop doing it

Monique: 00:22:30

it takes discipline and you have to i mean you really have to think about what

Monique: 00:22:35

it is you're doing you have to complete control of your breath and your body and you know sort of

Monique: 00:22:40

be wholly present you can't think about your problems necessarily when you're moving like that

Monique: 00:22:48

so i i love that and that you can bring that to your uh whole existence inside the corporate

Monique: 00:22:54

situation which i'm sure your corporate colleagues were like what's going on with jenny over there

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:02

oh my gosh you are so right um this is this is very clever because i started getting a lot of

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:09

hmm i think this is playing against me because i had one leader one time who told me if you want to

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:14

be taken seriously here you have to like quit that cheerleading thingy that's pretty much what

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:20

he said and I'm thinking gosh they have such a stereotype definition of what is because I was a

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:27

leader I had creativity I took that team outside for a military tour I there's so many skills that

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:34

I develop as a leader but they're missing like I told you they just they miss the the gems out of

Jennie Lopez: 00:23:40

people because you judge too fast right

Monique: 00:23:43

right so they were like okay you don't fit our corporate

Monique: 00:23:47

picture what are you doing you get it get in this lane get in this box and they're like and then he's

Monique: 00:23:53

like nope i'm gonna do it my way i'm just gonna do my little

Monique: 00:23:56

Monique and Piper : dancing here

Monique: 00:23:57

and excel in your lane so

Monique: 00:23:59

get out of my way that's what i'm hearing a

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:02

little bit of that right because i i started understanding

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:05

that the power of owning your voice and owning your narrative so a lot of people i just wanted to

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:10

please so when he first said that i'm like oh that means i need to quit that means that i have to

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:15

please him I need to be this this small and then I say no let me educate him about everything that

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:21

it took from 500 girls to like 24 and I was one of them the first Latina that I did a tv show with

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:29

a very well-known partner in Univision about all this stuff right that he didn't know those are the

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:36

skill sets that I bring also to my daily job and that gives me an edge and I remember at some point

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:43

before I started, you know, understanding the power of owning your voice, I thought I had to

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:48

choose. Like it's either, am I a dancer, right? Or am I an engineer? And then I had a beautiful,

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:54

powerful mentor who told me why not both. And I said, I know, but they're playing against me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:24:59

And he said, no, Jenny, you are not understanding that each side of yours is making the other one

Jennie Lopez: 00:25:03

more powerful. And that's your, that's your edge. And I'm like, oh goodness, I just have to be

Jennie Lopez: 00:25:08

intentional. Back to that word. And I just started owning my voice and educating people.

Monique: 00:25:13

From the outside, I'm hearing this story, and I think, you know, that's a beautiful thing, and you followed your own lead, and you took the advice of your mentor.

Monique: 00:25:21

But I also see this as a way of sort of looking at how, in this male-dominated field, they would never say to a guy,

Monique: 00:25:31

hey, you're doing this, you know, ultimate frisbee, or you're going golfing all the time.

Monique: 00:25:36

You need to stop that and not do that and just be a corporate guy.

Monique: 00:25:40

And they're not going to do that.

Monique: 00:25:42

And so, you know, I see it from the outside being a little bit different.

Monique: 00:25:45

And I love that you were willing to push the boundaries and be who you are in a safe space.

Monique: 00:25:51

And hopefully that particular manager or supervisor was his boundaries were pushed.

Piper: 00:25:57

If somebody was telling me, well, I need to make sure that I keep this away from clients that they don't realize.

Piper: 00:26:04

And I'm like, but you're denying them.

Piper: 00:26:08

They're opening their eyes.

Piper: 00:26:09

And maybe something in their life that they're like, oh, I am compartmentalizing my work and not taking advantage of these other things that I know.

Piper: 00:26:19

So you're you're denying them the ability to

Piper: 00:26:22

Monique and Piper : see a model, to

Piper: 00:26:23

see a model as an example.

Piper: 00:26:25

You know, from what you've said, I'm like, did you ever feel like, well, maybe I don't want to be that vulnerable.

Piper: 00:26:32

I don't want to show this other part of me and and had to overcome it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:38

Piper, that's a really good observation.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:40

And I mean, we all are human, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:42

So at the beginning, we get that piece of, oh, it's me versus him, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:47

And I'm right and you're wrong.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:48

And that's why I always connect to a bigger why that I help.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:52

I always now give the people the benefit of the doubt.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:54

Even the person who told me that I don't look smart.

Jennie Lopez: 00:26:57

I'm like, I'm giving them, maybe they were giving me in their mind and their definition of the world,

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:04

because everybody has their own definition of the world.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:07

Maybe they were helping me, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:08

To be successful.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:09

Okay, but let's educate.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:11

So for me, being vulnerable goes back to being authentic.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:14

Like some people will think vulnerable is being weak.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:17

And for me, it's just being authentic and for the bigger picture.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:21

Just like you said, let's create examples for other people out there.

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:26

And if you take yourself, being so defensive out of the situation and connect to a bigger

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:30

why, it helps you being vulnerable using your word or for me being intentional for the better

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:36

good.

Monique: 00:27:37

Yeah, exactly. And I'm curious here, are you still working in the corporate setting?

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:44

No, no, no. You're

Monique: 00:27:46

just,

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:47

you're

Monique: 00:27:48

done. You're like, and what inspired you to go ahead and let go of that corporate job?

Monique: 00:27:54

I

Jennie Lopez: 00:27:55

think it's one of the most people told decisions I've done because when in my position, right, in my position, I had a lot of, I love my job.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:06

A lot of people say, oh, I hate my job.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:08

I can't wait to, I actually love my job.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:10

So what made it more difficult was that I left my favorite supervisor.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:14

I left my favorite team and my favorite job.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:17

But my mission became something that I just could not ignore it anymore.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:21

And it was almost like people say I heard a whisper from me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:24

They were like yelling, like, why are you waiting?

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:27

Go for it now, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:29

And I had to do it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:30

And honestly, going back to my kids, they were the defining factor because deciding, deciding

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:35

factor.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:36

Because at the beginning, I said, oh, you know, high salary, benefits, stability, security,

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:41

all that stuff, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:42

That at least I raised, when I was raised, that was important for me to never lose that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:48

And then, oh, what if I fail my kids?

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:50

What if they cannot dance and do taekwondo anymore because I cannot afford it?

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:53

Like I was focusing on it going wrong.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:56

And then I said, flip it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:28:58

What if actually I can make more money and I can give them more experiences?

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:03

So I flipped the focus.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:05

And then the other one that I flipped was maybe I wait until they leave the house and then they go to college.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:11

And I said, no, they're teenagers now.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:13

They are learning.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:14

They're observing.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:15

So what a better role model for them to see their mom now in action every day, working hard, strategic, smart, however you want to call it, and going after her dreams.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:26

And for me, that gave me the power I needed.

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:28

And I say, I'm done.

Monique: 00:29:31

Let's go for it.

Monique: 00:29:32

I love that.

Monique: 00:29:34

Now, I'm super curious, too.

Monique: 00:29:35

let's talk about how the space that you have stepped into didn't necessarily look like you

Monique: 00:29:44

back in

Monique: 00:29:44

Monique and Piper : 2017

Monique: 00:29:45

whatever whenever you went right so talk about what it was like to be the unicorn again

Monique: 00:29:52

the space didn't look like you it still doesn't

Monique: 00:29:55

Monique and Piper : yeah it's not

Monique: 00:29:56

100

Jennie Lopez: 00:29:56

you know there's not there's

Monique: 00:29:58

more women in it but not very many latinas not

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:02

at all yes but honestly to be honest with you

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:05

going back to the focus instead of saying oh because I'm Latina because I'm a woman I say

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:11

because I'm Latina and I'm a woman that's gonna help me stand out because I offer something

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:16

different and then every time I get scared because of something I've not done before I look back and

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:22

I say I've done all of that I will figure this out and then the second thing is that I said because

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:28

there are not that many women I'm like I need to figure this out so I can teach it to others so

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:33

there's going to be more women, more Latinas out there. Now, I don't only work with women Latinas,

Jennie Lopez: 00:30:38

but honestly, they hold a very special place in my heart.

Monique: 00:30:42

Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. I get that.

Monique: 00:30:45

And I'm really super jazzed that you're out there thinking, hey, I can do it. Anybody can do it. And

Monique: 00:30:53

they just need the model. And if they don't get it from me, then they're going to get it. But I can

Monique: 00:31:00

help them to follow my footsteps or follow my footsteps and then follow their unicornness.

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:08

Yeah, yeah. And then we inspire each other. And it's so funny. I always joke because my analogy

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:13

is like a little snowball that becomes bigger and bigger. And I always say, leave it to the

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:18

Puerto Rican girl to do like an analogy of a snowball. But just like that simple example,

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:24

right, of me and my friends doing that LinkedIn series at the beginning of the year. And they say,

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:29

oh, that's a good idea. I'm going to do it now in my community. And then we're stronger together.

Jennie Lopez: 00:31:34

So for me, the inspiration is priceless. I

Monique: 00:31:37

will continue to look at your LinkedIn and what you're

Monique: 00:31:41

doing. We are states and states apart and we're in different industries. And I appreciate what

Monique: 00:31:48

you're doing. And I think what you're putting out on LinkedIn is valuable. I love the energy

Monique: 00:31:54

that I'm seeing with you and your colleagues because I'm like, okay, this is an interesting

Monique: 00:31:59

circle of friends that you, because I was like, they have to be friends because they're the way

Monique: 00:32:02

they're talking to each other. It was fun. It was fun. And I hope that you guys continue

Monique: 00:32:07

getting together on different topics and just, you know, having your circle be, you know,

Monique: 00:32:13

out there as a representation of, hey, we're thought leaders and we can talk about these things

Monique: 00:32:19

and shift the main conversation about whatever industry you're talking about.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:25

Yes, exactly. Very powerful.

Monique: 00:32:27

What kind of media are you looking at doing?

Monique: 00:32:30

You're looking at like you've had lots of access to different things.

Monique: 00:32:34

You know, you're going to make a TV show, another podcast, you know.

Monique: 00:32:38

Oh, my gosh.

Monique: 00:32:38

What's happening?

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:40

That's always been on my horizon.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:43

I love TV.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:44

I mean, I did it since I was a little kid.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:47

I did it a little kid, teenager.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:49

Let's do it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:49

But I love that medium.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:50

I know it's kind of dying, but for me, it's not dying.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:53

It's being innovative.

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:54

So it's getting into the Netflix, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:32:56

It's getting into like, it's just a different way of still consuming media.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:00

So I'm all about innovating.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:02

That's not a problem for me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:04

So I'm looking into what's that next opportunity.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:06

I, right now in terms of my products is I, the way the leads find me and say, oh, wait

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:13

a second, who is this crazy lady like dancing in LinkedIn is through social media.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:17

So I'm in every social media under intentional unicorn.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:20

But then one thing that I'm working on is putting, because right now I do a lot of coaching

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:24

and it's really one-on-one,

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:25

but I'm putting all of that in an app.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:27

So that app is going to be launching later this year

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:29

and I'm super excited.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:30

So more people can have access to it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:33

So it's not just, okay,

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:34

I either work with her or nothing.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:36

So there's going to be that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:38

So I'm really excited in terms of media

Jennie Lopez: 00:33:40

and other way of accessing clients.

Monique: 00:33:42

That's awesome.

Monique: 00:33:44

An app, you know, now with AI

Monique: 00:33:47

being a way to grapple with that,

Monique: 00:33:50

that's amazing opportunity to show up.

Monique: 00:33:52

Yeah, I mean, video is definitely your medium.

Monique: 00:33:54

I mean,

Monique: 00:33:54

Monique and Piper : we can

Monique: 00:33:55

hear the voice even just in the podcast, you know, just an audio podcast.

Monique: 00:33:58

We're going to hear that joy

Piper: 00:34:00

and that exuberance.

Piper: 00:34:02

And the

Piper: 00:34:03

Monique and Piper : authenticity.

Piper: 00:34:04

Monique and Piper : I mean, because that's

Piper: 00:34:05

like.

Piper: 00:34:25

Because whenever we're filming with somebody and we see it,

Piper: 00:34:28

I'm like, I have to go up to them later and just go,

Piper: 00:34:31

look, I really, truly enjoyed this experience.

Piper: 00:34:35

I recognize you and I just want to say thank you for that.

Piper: 00:34:39

Yeah, putting that energy out.

Piper: 00:34:41

Yeah, I mean, we love working with

Monique: 00:34:42

clients that are, you know, have different perspectives and just bring different things.

Monique: 00:34:47

You know, as an all-female crew, often,

Monique: 00:34:50

Monique and Piper : it's

Monique: 00:34:53

a weird thing because a lot of people will walk into the room and go, where's the camera guy?

Monique: 00:34:58

It's like, well, that's me.

Monique: 00:35:00

Or where's the, you know, and so it becomes an interesting thing to kind of see how things shift slightly.

Monique: 00:35:09

And I've been on plenty of crews where it was like all guys out there, you know, and I'm just like one of the many of the people out there.

Monique: 00:35:17

Similar to, I'm sure, being in the engineering world.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:21

Yes. Oh, my God, Monique, you just brought me like this flashback.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:25

So I was a Six Sigma black belt one time in my career.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:29

I don't know if you guys know, it's like a process improvement, very nerdy methodology, all of that.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:32

Okay.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:33

Monique and Piper : Yeah.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:33

So I led a project and it was my first project that it was all women.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:37

And then the sponsor was a guy.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:38

He's like, he looked around.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:40

He's like, oh, interesting.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:42

What did you guys do all day?

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:43

Watch Oprah?

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:46

I am not joking.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:48

I was like, you gotta be kidding me.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:51

And again, I was still very young in my career.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:54

Didn't know how to own my voice.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:55

And I'm just smile kind of like, okay, let me do it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:57

He's joking.

Jennie Lopez: 00:35:58

I hate him, but I don't want for him to show that I was, you know, like impacted by it.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:05

But now I know better.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:07

I would have done something better to really, you know.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:09

But yes, I've been in that place.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:12

And going back, Monique, to what you were saying and Piper, in this world of media and AI, authenticity is going to win.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:20

It's the only thing that is going to separate your business.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:23

It's the only thing that is going to separate your brand.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:26

Like right now you see everybody now can do newsletter, but you can see who used AI and didn't put any effort on making it their own.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:35

Right. Versus the people who are like the things that AI says all the time and they sound like robots.

Jennie Lopez: 00:36:41

Right. It's just totally inauthentic. So authenticity is going to be your edge.

Monique: 00:36:45

You know, I've been in business, you know, since 2000s and seen a lot of things happen

Monique: 00:36:52

differently in business.

Monique: 00:36:53

And this acceleration of reliance on AI and sort of automation has really been a very short

Monique: 00:37:02

window of acceptance and taking over a lot of different processes.

Monique: 00:37:07

So it's going to be interesting.

Monique: 00:37:09

And I have also, in that same short window, seen a big emphasis on being the intentional unicorn, your authentic voice.

Monique: 00:37:19

And I

Monique: 00:37:20

Monique and Piper : think you

Monique: 00:37:21

are in the right spot.

Monique: 00:37:23

You are focused in the right place.

Monique: 00:37:26

And I think you are at the right time.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:29

Thank you.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:30

Yeah.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:30

And I go back, actually, I'm doing a TEDx very soon that I got invited.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:34

I'm super excited.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:35

And authenticity, sometimes people overuse the word, right?

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:38

Be authentic, be authentic.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:39

But I think it's the combination of authenticity, intentionality, and purpose.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:44

Once you have that trio, boom, you unlock your magic.

Jennie Lopez: 00:37:47

Your confidence goes up, your impact goes up, legacy goes up, et cetera.

Monique: 00:37:52

Well, we are coming to the very end of what we got here.

Monique: 00:37:56

We love having a chance to introduce our audience to new business owners making a difference.

Monique: 00:38:01

We want folks to find you, to know more.

Monique: 00:38:05

How can they find you?

Jennie Lopez: 00:38:07

every social media is the same intentional unicorn even in linkedin i will say instagram is a really

Jennie Lopez: 00:38:13

good way to connect personally because of dms and lives and stories and things like that but that's

Jennie Lopez: 00:38:18

it and then the my website is jenny lopez to n jenny j-e-n-n-i-e-l-p-z.com yes i fought a lot for that

Jennie Lopez: 00:38:28

handle because it's jenny lopez right but that's where you can find how i can best help you well

Piper: 00:38:34

thanks for joining us for Change the Reel. And I want to thank folks for stopping in and listening

Piper: 00:38:40

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Monique: 00:39:06

Thank you, Jenny. Thank you, Jenny.

Jennie Lopez: 00:39:07

Thank you. Gracias.

Monique: 00:39:09

Thank you so much for listening to this

Monique: 00:39:12

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