Her Story
About Sasha
Sasha Gonzalez serves as front office manager at an Autograph Collection hotel in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With 15 years in hospitality, she started her career at an extended stay property in El Paso, Texas, before progressing into full-service and luxury hotels. She was transferred into an assistant front office manager position and promoted to front office manager within three months, a role she has held for nearly three years. Gonzalez focuses on operations and organization while building her leadership skills to empower her front desk team and ensure strong guest service across departments. She is currently transitioning toward a rooms director position. Her professional development has been shaped largely through on-the-job learning and guidance from leaders, supplemented by some community college coursework. Gonzalez belongs to the Green Bay Hospitality Association as a basic member. She attributes her success to the guests whose experiences have helped her improve as a guest service manager. Gonzalez advises young women entering the industry to be kind and understanding, noting that the service sector can be revitalized through personal connections.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Sasha
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say the guests. Every guest, whether it be good or bad experiences, they have encouraged, shaped me, and shown me how I can be a better guest service manager. That way everybody has a good check-in and check-out experience at our hotels.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Today may look bad, but tomorrow's gonna look better. And you can always make it better.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Just be nice, be kind. You don't know what someone's going through. Even though if they come in a little bit upset, you can always make someone say. Compliment them. Our service industry, yes, it's kind of dying, but we can bring it back.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Staffing is a big challenge because a lot of people don't want to work. On the opportunities side, there is growth within the companies and hospitality industries, being able to travel to different areas, understand what brings people to different cultures as well, like there's hotels in Asia, Russia, that we can transfer within bigger companies.
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