Her Story
About Marin
I stumbled upon an opportunity to work in sales with a chain of long-term care facilities. I was always very interested in sales, and that was kind of the first opportunity I was given in sales - to work with long-term care housing for older adults. That's really where I fell in love with the aging population and became very passionate about helping them. Once I decided to leave that role, it was a very seamless transition into the role I'm in now, using technology to help support independence for older adults and individuals with disabilities and populations like that. Aside from leading our sales team, I'm really involved in the day-to-day operations and helping to make sure our older adults and vulnerable populations that are using our platform are staying engaged and reducing social isolation. I also work with our organizations that work directly with the clients, helping them with their programs and making sure that they're running smoothly.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Marin
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to being very disciplined and very organized. I also try to have that work-life balance, and again, it just kind of all comes back around. If you're focusing on the right things, the right outcomes will happen.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is to trust your gut, trust your instinct, and always speak up, regardless of the room that you're in. Being a woman in a very male-dominated field, I've learned to always speak up, even if you feel intimidated or like you're not meant to be in that room.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Be confident. Know your worth, know that your ideas and your thoughts matter. Speak your mind, and just continue to work hard and be disciplined and always do the right thing.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I would say the biggest challenge would be funding. A lot of our organizations that we work with have lost a lot of their funding opportunities with the restructuring of the new administration. They're focusing on some different initiatives other than these organizations that support our aging population, so funding has definitely been a big challenge for our organizations. But with that, I think there's a big opportunity with some of that funding transitioning more away from the social care aspect towards healthcare. There's a lot of opportunity within the work that we do that kind of bridges that gap between social care and healthcare to transition that funding into our healthcare space, to still be able to support the vulnerable population that we support, but it's geared more towards the healthcare facets versus social care.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think just always trying to do the right thing and trusting your moral compass. I think especially in sales, it can get a little tricky when you're really trying to just get across the finish line, but to always just do the right thing. I always kind of refer to it as sales karma. If you're in it for the right reasons and doing the right things and really trying to help people, those outcomes will come. So, just kind of trying to detach from the outcome and really focus on your behaviors that will get you where you need to go.
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