Her Story
About Yanelis
Yanelis is a digital marketing specialist with a decade of experience helping brands scale through strategic content and marketing initiatives. After serving six years in the military, she transitioned into corporate roles before pursuing freelancing, where she now focuses on aligning content with brand vision to generate revenue and growth. A Penn State University graduate, she earned second place in a senior-year scholarship competition for developing a media plan alongside her partner. Her background includes extensive work in field marketing, content marketing, content strategy, production teams, commercials, and client-facing influencer partnerships. She emphasizes optimizing for both SEO and AEO, building long-lasting relationships, and maintaining a service-oriented mindset shaped by her military experience. Funez advises that responding promptly to emails demonstrates business acumen and diligence, while consistently tackling routine tasks even without motivation leads to long-term success.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Yanelis
01What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice is don't sit on your emails as an easy win to show business acumen and diligence. Also, motivation will not always be there so being able to get up and do the boring thing every single day will truly get you far.
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