I am an executive-level Human Resources leader, Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and the founder of (through)collective. My practice is built on a direct challenge to the conventional talent playbook: the belief that our non-traditional paths and unique modes of operating are actually our greatest structural assets.

As a Latino and a proud, first-generation college graduate from East Harlem, I was repeatedly handed the conventional story that unique talents are only valuable if they fit a prescribed corporate mold. My career has been dedicated to proving that wrong. Forged in the creative halls of the High School of Art & Design and the pragmatic classrooms of CUNY Brooklyn College, my perspective is rooted in shared humanity. I serve as a strategic bridge, speaking a language that resonates just as clearly on the front lines as it does in the boardroom.

With over two decades of leadership experience, I connect immediately with a team's challenges because I have been in their shoes. My career began in direct social service program management at the Children's Aid Society and scaled to a 13-year tenure as Vice President of Operations for U3 Advisors, where I managed full-stack business operations while serving on project teams advising major universities and mission-driven organizations. Today, I continue to drive institutional alignment as Director of HR at Japan Society and serve my community as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Cooke School & Institute.

Practice Overview
The greatest unlock of my career was realizing my success wasn't in producing things directly, but in helping the individuals on my teams turn their raw potential into relentless execution.

At (through)collective, I partner with C-Suite leaders, boards of directors, and mission-driven teams to help them find the narrative in the noise. This work requires confronting the reality that organizations are governed not just by human dynamics, but by power dynamics. Leaders act as amplifiers, broadcasting both their strengths and their weaknesses across their institutions. My work takes these power dynamics head-on. I guide leaders to take absolute ownership of their signal—amplifying what actually works, while intentionally opening the channel to create space for the unique talents of others to cut through.

This is highly relational work. I don't offer one-size-fits-all products. Strengths-based coaching only works when we bring our full selves to the process, embrace difficulty, and enter into tough questions with courage. Operating with an inclusive, artistic worldview, we spot the operational shortcuts and alternative paths that purely analytical management misses.

Core Values
(through)collective is built on principles that inform every client engagement, bringing meaning to the work beyond standard metrics of success.

• The Workplace as a Commons: Teams are a public square. We actively create the space for people of all backgrounds and identities to step to the center, bringing their full, unvarnished selves to the work so we can achieve greater outcomes together.

• Radical Clarity: A zero-tolerance policy for corporate jargon and fluff. We lean into friction and hard truths instead of steering around them.

• Open Invitation: We meet clients where they are, creating space for people to realize their actual potential rather than chasing an idealized version of what conventional management thinks they should be.

• Systemic Pacing: Meaningful organizational change is an endurance event. We pace teams for the long game rather than burning them out on short-term sprints.

• Connectivity: We seek collaboration, build bridges, and view our place in a network of peers through an abundance mindset.

• Goal-Oriented Impact: The ultimate objective is transformation. We are committed to launching leaders into the world ready to maximize their strengths with long-term confidence.