Ideas that shape what's next.

Texas Tech University's College of Arts & Sciences named Monica a Distinguished Alumna for 2020 to 2021, honoring a career that began with her Texas Tech degrees, a bachelor's in biology and a master's in higher education, and grew into executive roles at Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young, Google, and Bank of America.

The college recognized her work creating and implementing workforce re-entry programs during her eight years at Goldman Sachs, her co-founding of a global platform accelerating success for women leaders, and her service on advisory boards including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and Texas Tech's University Career Center.

In 2024, ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals For America, named Monica one of its Most Powerful Latinas, an annual recognition honoring 50 exceptional Latina leaders across corporate, entrepreneurial, board, and social impact arenas. The class was celebrated at the Most Powerful Latinas Summit, which honors the trailblazers powering the $3 trillion US Latino economy.

The Most Powerful Latinas program serves as a catalyst for increasing Latina representation in executive leadership and corporate boardrooms. Honorees join a community of leaders transforming industries, influencing policy, and opening doors for the next generation, work Monica carries forward as a co-founder building pathways for leaders in the AI age.

ALPFA, the Association of Latino Professionals For America, honored Monica with its 2021 Latina Entrepreneur Award, part of the Women of ALPFA recognitions celebrating Latina founders and business leaders.

ALPFA named Monica to its 2020 Latinas to Watch list, a Women of ALPFA recognition honoring accomplished Latina professionals and entrepreneurs known for their expertise, leadership, and influence.

The AI tools arrived, the dashboards lit up, and the ROI did not follow. Monica unpacks what actually drives meaningful adoption and what kills it: people and process, not just platforms.

She and host Zohra Mutabanna dig into psychological safety, shared playbooks, and the path from small efficiencies to measurable impact.

Monica joins Black Belts & Boardrooms to challenge the idea that growth comes from doing more, showing how impact multiplies when leaders master prioritization and bring AI into their leadership practice.

The conversation offers a blueprint for transforming mindset and impact, whether you are climbing the corporate ladder or building your own venture.

On Invest in You, Monica breaks down what the shift to AI means for everyday professionals and why reinvention, not resistance, is the smartest response.

She shares practical first steps for building AI fluency and treating this moment as an investment in your own future.

Are students truly prepared for a workplace shaped by AI? Monica joins The Educator Experience to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming higher education and the future of work.

Drawing on her background in workplace learning and leadership, she shares what educators must rethink so graduates arrive ready to work alongside AI.

On Quantum Leap, Monica explains how to find the flip: the moment a professional stops fearing AI and starts using it to multiply their strengths.

She draws on decades inside firms like Goldman Sachs, Google, and Ernst & Young to show how to thrive when the world of work turns upside down.

AI is your intern, not your replacement. Monica joins the Plant Grow Reap podcast to unpack what it really means to integrate AI into a business the right way.

The conversation covers change management, culture, and why worth and impact, not hours worked, become the true measures of work in the automation age.

Diverse thinking drives better outcomes, and Monica argues the same logic applies to AI adoption: the technology means nothing without the people and culture to support it.

She and the Cake on Tuesday team explore how to build real human connection on remote teams while bringing AI into daily work.

What happens when the leaders trusted to guide transformation become the bottleneck slowing it down? Monica draws on 25 years in people transformation at firms like Goldman Sachs and Google to answer.

She explains why effort no longer equals success and what leaders must unlearn so individual AI wins become momentum for the whole team.

Burn the Map calls Monica the change management therapist every modern executive wishes they had, and this episode shows why.

She covers cloning your genius with AI, surviving waves of change, and what the shift means for middle managers, drawing on years inside NYU, Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young, and Bank of America.

AI was supposed to make work easier, yet for many teams it brought more tools, more noise, and more pressure without fixing how work actually gets done.

Monica explains why AI adoption fails when it skips the human layer and lays out how teams can turn the chaos into real productivity.

If you are still treating AI like a shiny gadget, this episode is a polite intervention. Monica shows how to build a human centered AI adoption playbook that actually sticks.

She covers AI as a partner rather than a tool, psychological safety for teams, and the one workflow per month rule that turns experimentation into measurable results.

Monica shares her journey from first generation college graduate in Texas to senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Google, Ernst & Young, and Bank of America, and now founder.

The conversation explores what that path taught her about leadership and how organizations can thrive in a future of work shaped by AI.

The future of work is being shaped by change driven by AI, and Monica argues the deciding factor is human, not technical.

She joins Career Sessions, Career Lessons to discuss the evolving landscape and how professionals can steer their careers through it with intention.

On Talk Talent to Me, Monica makes the case that the biggest barrier to thriving with AI is not learning new tools; it is unlearning the old rules of work.

She shares what talent leaders should rethink about hiring, learning, and career growth as AI reshapes every role.

Monica spent her career inside some of the most prestigious organizations in the world, including Goldman Sachs, Google, Ernst & Young, and Bank of America, watching how they respond to massive shifts.

With host Chris Mailander she explores the mindset shift AI demands and why so few leaders are making it.

Monica traces the evolution of work in the age of AI, from new partnerships between people and machines to what adaptation really requires.

The conversation ranges into AI in healthcare, privacy and security, and why embracing change has become the new superpower.

Most AI initiatives fail in the workplace, and the reason is not the technology. Monica joins Ryan Alford to explain why people, habits, and culture decide whether AI succeeds.

She introduces the idea of AI as your artificial intern and shows how to use it to unlock your authentic genius instead of drowning in software.

Monica shares her journey from a young Latina in West Texas to leading innovative programs at firms like Goldman Sachs and Google.

With host Andy Temte she reflects on more than 20 years in workforce inclusion and talent development, and the lessons for anyone breaking barriers of their own.

Where should organizations draw the line between training AI and training people? Monica joins the AI Marketing podcast to dig into that question.

She explains why the companies that win with AI invest in both, pairing smarter systems with people who know how to direct them.

Monica shares how organizations can adapt to workplace change driven by AI through inclusive practices and human centered transformation.

The conversation explores why amplifying diverse voices is not a side project but the engine of successful AI adoption.