What does chaos really look like?

In this deeply personal episode, Natalia shares the full story behind the mindset that shaped her leadership, ambition, and resilience.

From losing her father at five years old, navigating immigration from Spain to the United States, adapting to new cultures and languages, and growing up in instability — to graduating college in three years while pregnant, building a household at 20, and redefining success after a life-altering brain tumor diagnosis — this episode explores what it truly means to be built under pressure.

Natalia opens up about:

• Growing up in survival mode and learning to adapt• Being underestimated — and refusing to accept limits• Redefining success from achievement to stability• Building a life intentionally for the next generation• How faith, planning, and urgency shaped her leadership• Why stories of resilience deserve a microphone

This episode isn’t about perfection.
It’s about perseverance.

If you’ve ever felt like life stacked responsibility on responsibility — this conversation is your reminder that pressure doesn’t mean you’re breaking.

It might mean you’re being built.

Welcome to From Chaos to CEO.

In this first episode, Natalia shares the story behind From Chaos to CEO — and the real-life experiences that inspired it.

From becoming a mother at 21 while finishing her bachelor’s degree, to navigating a brain tumor diagnosis, to climbing from classroom paraprofessional to Curriculum Supervisor in public education, Natalia opens up about building through pressure, uncertainty, and responsibility.

She also shares how she completed her Master’s in Educational Leadership during the pandemic while launching Autism Elements and building multiple income streams — all while raising two children and leading professionally.

This episode answers:

• Why this podcast?• Why now?• Why her?• And who this space is truly for.

If you’ve ever felt like your life is too busy, too chaotic, or too complicated to build something meaningful — this episode is your reminder that leadership doesn’t begin when life gets calm.

It begins when you decide to build anyway.

Welcome to From Chaos to CEO.