Meet Mariana
Expert on Trust, High-Performance Teams & Executive Communication, Award-Winning Journalist and Bestselling Author
Mariana equips leaders to earn the kind of trust that makes their teams:
Align faster
Make bolder decisions, and
Lead with clarity when the stakes are highest
Mariana helps leaders close the Trust Gap, collaborate better & execute with clarity
Mariana helps leaders close the Trust Gap, collaborate better & execute with clarity
WHY “TRUST”
When the world turns chaotic and certainty disappears, trust becomes the currency that determines what happens next.
In a crisis, you survive by finding the one clear internal signal you can rely on.
Mariana’s 15-year career as news anchor for Univision and a national correspondent for NBC News, also filing for ABC, led her to report from environments where the stakes are real and outcomes save lives.
From Category 5 hurricanes to international conflict zones, she witnessed the same pattern:
high-performing teams do not break down because they lack resources.
They break down when trust erodes, communication gets cloudy, and alignment fractures.
Don't just take our word for it, decades of organizational research* show what happens when leaders build high-trust cultures:
106%
more energy at work
74%
less stress
50%
higher productivity
*Source: Research from Paul J. Zak's "The Neuroscience of Trust" (Harvard Business Review)
3 lenses, 1 unique perspective
A Journalist's instinct for authenticity, a Media Entrepreneur's success scaling trusted platforms, an Executive Coach's mastery of high-stakes delivery.
To understand what builds trust when uncertainty is the baseline, Mariana has interviewed world-class leaders and elite performers, from Pope Francis and the King of Spain to icons like Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal, translating their lessons into practical, leadership-ready frameworks.
Today, she brings those tools to organizations and leadership teams, helping them close the Trust Gap so decisions move faster, collaboration strengthens, and execution becomes more consistent especially during periods of change.
Mariana’s TEDx talk on trust & authenticity has been viewed by over 25 million people and translated into 13 languages.
It established her as a global authority on the power of trust as a performance multiplier.
Mariana is a leading authority on Trust, Authenticity, and Communication
Regularly called upon by global media outlets to analyze geopolitical shifts, leadership strategies, and provide cultural context that shapes understanding.
