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Women in tech

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A new graduate standing before a winding career path, representing non-linear career advice for women entering tech.
  • career advice
  • Mentorship
  • Women in Tech
  • 4 minute read
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A Note to New Graduates: Your Career Was Never Meant to Be a Straight Line

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on May 25, 2026May 25, 2026

The Fake Map We Hand New Graduates The best career advice for new graduates is rarely the advice we hear at graduation. Normally, in the days between receiving your diploma…

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Forward Looking
  • artificial intelligence
  • Leadership
  • Women in Tech
  • 8 minute read
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AI Is Looking Backward. You Are Looking Forward.

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on May 24, 2026May 25, 2026

The Sentence I Keep Hearing There’s a sentence I keep hearing lately, at dinners, on panels, and in private messages from women I admire who are quietly worried about their…

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  • AI
  • Future of Work
  • Leadership & Innovation
  • 6 minute read
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Women in AI: 5 Reasons We Cannot Sit This One Out

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on April 26, 2026April 26, 2026

I have been in tech for over twenty years, and I keep noticing the same pattern playing out at the start of every cycle. The AI era is still early. Here are five reasons we cannot afford to sit this one out.

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Woman in tech confidently presenting ideas, symbolizing overcoming imposter syndrome and thriving in leadership
  • Career Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Women in Tech
  • 5 minute read
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Tech: Strategies Every Woman Needs to Thrive

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

The statistics are staggering, but the solution may not be what you think. Sarah stared at her laptop screen, paralyzed. She’d been coding for eight years, led successful product launches,…

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business woman working in front of laptop with newborn playing on the floor near her
  • Future of Work
  • Leadership
  • Women in Tech
  • 5 minute read
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Beyond Balance: Why Work-Life Harmony Is the Future We Should Be Building

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on July 13, 2025July 13, 2025

For most of my career, I chased something called work-life balance. Like many women in tech, I believed that if I just organized my time well enough, blocked my calendar…

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Lead with empathy
  • Career Development
  • Leadership
  • Women in Tech
  • 3 minute read
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Be the Leader You Wish You Had: Lead with Empathy & Purpose

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on June 21, 2025June 21, 2025

Leadership isn’t about titles, it’s about how we show up. Every day. With empathy, honesty, and purpose.

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future of work
  • AI
  • Future of Work
  • Women in Tech
  • 3 minute read
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The Human Edge: Leadership Skills AI Can’t Replace

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on April 4, 2025April 4, 2025

Why Your Most Valuable Leadership Qualities Are the Ones AI Can’t Learn Every few months, a new headline reminds us that artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of work. In…

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crown syndrome
  • Career Growth
  • Leadership Development
  • Women in Tech
  • 5 minute read
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No One Is Coming to Crown You: Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough for Women in Tech

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

Many of us, particularly women in tech, were raised with the belief that if we quietly excel, consistently deliver, and surpass expectations, someone will eventually notice and reward our hard…

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hispanic heritage month
  • Poetry
  • 1 minute read
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Unhide Your Strength (Revela Tu Fuerza)

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on September 15, 2024September 15, 2024

Of course, I hid—Just like so many of us do,When the world tells us to be small,To dim the fuego that burns in you. The message is loud,The message is…

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Latina professional working on a computer in a corporate office
  • Bias
  • Leadership
  • Women in Tech
  • 9 minute read
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The State of Latinas in Corporate America

  • Elaine Montilla
  • Posted on July 7, 2024July 7, 2024

Lean In‘s first-ever report on the state of Latinas in corporate America reveals significant challenges and underrepresentation, with Latinas experiencing the steepest drop from entry-level to C-suite positions. The report…

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