Her Story
About Daniela
I operate in the health and wellness space with a specific focus on menopause in the workplace and human sustainability. What sets my work apart is that I deal with infrastructure rather than just treating symptoms after the fact. I help organizations embed support for women in midlife directly into their organizational structure, not after burnout has already occurred. I work with both organizations and women in leadership with high responsibility roles. For organizations, I come in and help build actual infrastructure to support women in perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause. I help them see how this is not only a leadership competency but also how to create accommodations for women in this space. Many organizations don't realize that losing an employee costs them at minimum $30,000 versus retaining them, and some accommodations don't cost anything to embed into the system. I also have extensive experience in community impact and social responsibility, working both locally and globally as a United Nations Peace Ambassador. My expertise lies at the intersection of midlife health, leadership, and systems change.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Daniela
01What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say lead with purpose, not visibility. Focus on clarity of purpose before visibility, because visibility without alignment can pull you in directions that don't support long-term impact. Many women underestimate how much lived and professional experience they already carry. Your perspective is often your greatest credential, so don't shrink your expertise. I also believe that sustainable leadership requires nervous system awareness. We often carry burnout as a badge of honor, but that actually signals that we need to redesign our systems. Those are the key things that come to mind when I think about advice for women entering this field.
02What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge in the area I operate in is awareness when it comes to women in midlife. This impacts every organization because there are currently three generations of women in this particular space, which is a huge population. Menopause and midlife care is a business strategy, and if leaders and organizations don't pay attention to that, they're going to do their organizations a huge disservice by losing talented women in this particular area. Many leaders think that when a woman is getting ready to step into this phase, it's an incompetence issue, but it's not - it's a physical issue. That's the part I try to get organizations to understand. Managers and leaders are often not trained in this space, including their male counterparts, and that lack of training and awareness is a major challenge.
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