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Welcome to the Humble Rising Podcast!  Each week, host Arivee Vargas has conversations with inspirational women of color sharing their own stories and actionable strategies on how to have fulfilling careers and lives. The journey to get there isn’t linear or easy.  As an executive and high performance coach, Arivee also shares strategies and stories on how to take care of ourselves, how to pursue meaning, fulfillment, and alignment in our lives. Get clear on the life and career you really want and deserve now, and take the action you need to overcome the challenges and roadblocks that are getting in your way. Arivee also shares her own coaching strategies and tips. From fear, disappointment, and self-doubt, to purpose, resilience, career clarity and transitions, we tackle it all.  Be inspired, get motivated, gain clarity on your the next right thing, take action, and get ready to rise.

For learn more about Arivee and her coaching, check out www.ariveevargas.com

 

Mar 23, 2025

Diana Maldonado is a best-selling author, speaker, business strategist and former Texas state representative. As CEO of Maldonado Strategies, Diana’s sharp insight for pinpointing incongruencies, combined with her method for listening and collaborating, helps organizations design and implement innovative solutions to accelerate their big vision goals and become the leading edge.

As the first Latina elected to represent Williamson County in the House of Representatives, she advocated for education, business, and safe communities. In this role, she authored/co-authored 88 bills and was named “Freshman of the Year” by her colleagues. Through her collaboration with key stakeholders, she secured nearly $16 million for education, $10 million for road expansion, andadditional funds for renewable energy initiatives and walking trails in parks.

She served as Secretary for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Defense & Veterans Affairs, and on the coveted State Affairs committee.Today, Diana’s focus is helping women get elected to public office to bring parity, voice and representation to the halls of democracy.

Her uniquely curated daily lessons in The Candidate School will help unlock the secrets to becoming a powerful, persuasive, and authentic candidate, while winning over the hearts and minds of voters. Her unmatched expertise to empowering women in politics helps women plan their next move strategically. In this course, she shares everything she wished she’d known during her own campaign journey. From mastering your candidate identity to managing money, policy and power strategically and ethically, this program helps you navigate the political arena with confidence.

By completing Candidate School, participants gain the skills, strategy, and clarity to run a successful, purpose-driven campaign – and win.

Diana is a global marathon runner with races in Tokyo, Berlin, London, Paris and mom of two adult children, Alex and Denise, and spends time with her granddaughter, Camila where she taps into her greatest joy.

CONNECT WITH DIANA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-maldonado/

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