“Working with Giovanna Gonzalez as a panelist for an influencer focused conversation at the Hispanic Marketing Council Annual Summit in New York was a dream! She was so professional, knowledgeable, personable, and interactive with the other panelists and me as the moderator. From the initial outreach process to execution, she was very responsive and insightful in terms of providing feedback on the flow of the panel. In addition, she organically integrated herself into the conversation and the flow with the other panelists was very seamless. Her stage presence is known and the way she carries herself in front of an audience is as if she was born for this. Thank you for being such a great panelist to work with! Hoping something else comes up in the future so we can make it happen again!”

- LAURA GUERRERO, DIRECTOR OF CONTENT & INFLUENCER MARKETING, AT SENSIS

“Gigi is beloved by all of our first-generation students! We appreciate her vulnerability in sharing her empowering story and personally connecting with the life experiences of those in the room. She does a beautiful job of “telling it how it is” while making financial freedom feel attainable and easy to understand.”

-MIKALA LAIN, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT ALEXANDER HAMILTON SCHOLARS

“Gigi was kind enough to provide our McNair scholars with her financial advice across three guest speaker events throughout the summer. Our scholars are first-generation, income-eligible, and underrepresented undergraduate students from Boston applying to PhD programs. Gigi's shared her own personal experiences and provided academic and financial advice for our students to succeed in graduate school and beyond. Her lessons assist our students with financial planning. Our students have also told us that they trust Gigi's warmth and professional nature. We will be asking Gigi to join us in the future to assist our next cohort. She is a true friend of our program and we are grateful to have that friendship.”

-DR. JARVIS CHEN, MCNAIR SCHOLARS DIRECTOR AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY

“Gigi was an absolute pleasure to collaborate with — she delivered an insightful and engaging workshop on investing at our conference that blew our attendees away! She was so accommodating and her presentation and talking points were extremely reliable and helpful to our audience of young professional women of color.”

-DANIELLE COLIN-THOME, EVENT MANAGER AT WOMEN WHO CREATE

“We had the pleasure of having Gigi present to our scholars on two different occasions. Both times her workshops were highly informational and engaging. The combination of her acquired knowledge, past experiences and relatable examples kept our students engaged.It was a true pleasure to have Gigi join us, and we would love to have her join us in the future.”

-MARDOCHEE SYLVESTRE, UPWARD BOUND COORDINATOR AT SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY

“Gigi truly lives up to her name, The First Gen Mentor™. Her session at the ACI Work and Life Skills Boot Camp was a huge hit among our attendees who all said they learned something new from her presentation, "Adam and Amelia Take on Adulting." Gigi brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and an incredible amount of relatability to her audience and we cannot wait to invite her back this fall.”

-CONSTANCE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF ILLINOIS

“Gigi presented an investing workshop for our ERG's that was easy to understand and helped answer so many questions and gave tons of resources. She was professional, personable and very authentic. Our groups have been buzzing about the topic since the workshop and have given great feedback.”

-STEPHANIE CARLOS, PALO ALTO NETWORKS, JUNTOS LATINX EMPLOYEE NETWORK

“I had the opportunity to moderate a workshop with Gigi for a corporate event and it was a great experience overall. Gigi was very thorough in your planning and preparation for the event. She was very personable and knowledgeable in her facilitation. Her ability to articulate the value of investing made it easy to understand and she was able give provide very practical suggested actions for everyone to take after the session. Overall we received positive feedback from the attendees and we look forward to more collaboration with Gigi!”

-YUMEI PETERSON, PALO ALTO NETWORKS, WOMEN’S NETWORK COMMUNITY