Yazmin Vargas

I attribute my success to my faith in God and my ability to persevere through incredibly difficult circumstances. After escaping domestic violence and starting over in a new country with my two little kids, I had to rebuild my life from nothing. That experience of hitting rock bottom and having to find the strength to keep going taught me resilience. When I was working at the Marriott Hotel and received only a 3-cent raise after working so hard for a whole year, I was destroyed emotionally, but that moment changed my life completely. I quit that day and trusted God to show me the way forward. My son encouraged me to start the cleaning business, and that became profitable enough for me to invest in my education at the John C. Maxwell Academy. Throughout my journey, I've learned that clarity is essential - clarity makes the money, and strategy makes the business. I also believe that structure is critical because you cannot scale past your identity, but identity is sustained by structure. My faith has been the foundation of everything, and I've always tried to help others do things in a godly way. Seeing my clients finally get their first paying clients after years of struggling is one of my proudest moments, and that drives me to keep growing and helping more people.

The best career advice I have ever received came from some of the most influential mentors in my professional and leadership journey, including John C. Maxwell, Tamara Lowe, and Evelyn Weiss.Through their guidance, I learned the importance of leading with integrity, developing people over simply pursuing success, and building systems that support sustainable impact. They taught me that true leadership is rooted in service, clarity of purpose, and continuous personal growth, and that lasting success comes from aligning values with action while consistently investing in both character and competence.

I would tell women starting their own companies that they need to take the most time possible to build the foundation. The most important thing is to have clarity in your ideal client, because from clarity, everything else comes. If you don't have clarity in your ideal client and how you help them, then everything else that you build outside of that won't help you scale your business, and every time you try to grow, it will be collapsing, because clarity makes the money and strategy makes the business. So clarity is my number one priority. The second thing is to have structure - even if it's simple structure, you need it in your life, because you cannot scale past your identity, but the identity is sustained by your structure. These two things - clarity and structure - are the foundation that will allow you to build a sustainable, profitable business that can actually grow.

One of the biggest challenges I see in the coaching and entrepreneurship space right now is inconsistency in client acquisition, often driven by a lack of clear business structure, messaging, and scalable systems. Many highly skilled coaches and mentors struggle not because they lack expertise, but because they have not yet built the operational foundation needed to support predictable growth. At the same time, I see tremendous opportunity for those who are willing to step into clarity, define their offers with precision, and implement systems that support automation and scalability. With the right structure, strategic use of digital platforms, and aligned messaging, coaches today have an unprecedented opportunity to expand their reach, stabilize their income, and create lasting impact.

Yazmin values faith, family, resilience, integrity, leadership, and service. She believes strongly in helping others transform their lives, build confidence, and create sustainable success while remaining grounded in spiritual values.