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Sofia grew up in Venezuela during a time when the country was flourishing. There were many opportunities with a rich democracy run government and an abundance of natural resources where Oil and Gas were the primary income source. Sofia expresses her love for Venezuela during these years and how growing up, she dreamed of working in Oil and Gas.

Sofia talks about the effects one leader can have on the wellbeing of the people. Venezuela went from the 4th wealthiest nation per capita to the poorest country in South America. In 1997 when she was close to graduating as an engineer, she realized her potential in Venezuela was limited. She needed to find an international company to work for to leave. She eventually found ways to connect internationally and permanently leave the country in 2004 for a better future for herself. Sofia's first job was in the field, selling wellheads in Venezuela. At this time, Venezuela was open-minded about women working in the field; it wasn't out of the ordinary to see a woman on a rig.

She talks about how she was successful in her approach to leave the country, move to the USA to do her masters, and then landed a job working for Tefchnipfmc in Singapore. She worked in Singapore, Australia, and Asia over the 10 years before moving to the US.

Working in Asia, she was categorized as "Westerner". Being a Westerner brought some social benefits since you were immediately respected. When her job sent her back to the US, she began to doubt herself and built an unconscious bias in her mind of what people would think of her as Hispanic. This bias affected Sofia in many ways.

She talks about the struggles she had adapting to the American culture when, in reality, it was her thoughts holding her back. She provided sound advice on her approach to overcome the unconscious bias that we all fall victim too.

Sofia is a mom of two; she talks about balancing work/life and the adjustments she had to make moving back to the US.

Promotions, we all want one. Sofia advises on how to be recognized within a large company. She is now the VP of Measurements Products at TechnipFMC.

When she lost some sponsors at the company due to the downturn, she changed her approach and went from relying on someone to promote her to become her own advocate.

Sofia believes in the power of writing; to this day, she still has the goals she wrote for herself as a young girl. She had her life planned out on paper. She knew who she wanted to become. She explains how she was able to achieve these goals. Her #1 advice is to start with the end goal in your mind written down on paper.

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