About Me
Arely Lagunas is a First-Generation Latina. Born in Mexico and raised in the United States. Arely is a mother of three active children and has been married to her husband for 17 years.
Outside of her professional pursuits, Arely is an avid advocate for work-life integration, financial literacy, advocacy and wellness. She believes success is about finding alignment in life. Through her podcast, Dropping Gems Con Muchos Colores, she interviews guests and shares valuable insights on achieving harmony as a professional and mom in the workforce. Her podcast is an audio community focused on celebrating Latina motherhood voices, leading with purpose, breaking barriers, and living bold dreams integrating wellness for overall well-being.
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My Story
In my own quest to balance motherhood and career I stumbled along the way and found my way back to redefine and attempt to cultivate a work -life integration while taking an active role in motherhood and focusing on my wellbeing. I am still trying and learning and I believe there is so much power in validating and sharing the struggles, lessons, and wins we are exposed to in motherhood and as a first gen working Latina mom.
A focus on wellness is much needed especially as working moms we tend to take care of everyone else’s needs before ours. And when I mean working moms, I also mean stay at home moms. I was a stay at home mom for a year and I believe during this I have worked the most in my life. It is truly a never ending job. The rewards are of course incomparable but we have to remember to fill our cup first. A happy mom does truly equal more happy kids and we need more genuine stories and experiences shared by mothers like us.
As a latina women and women of color I believe it is important more than ever to use our powerful voices to redefine and start advocating for what a family friendly workplace should look like without sacrificing our career and wellbeing.
We can do this with more awareness and conversation around work life integration, family friendly policies and more women in leadership roles.