Ana Larrea-Albert, Ph.D.

Founder of the Latina Leadership Collective, International Speaker & Author. Ana Larrea-Albert is an executive coach, international speaker and author. She is dedicated to changing the narrative of Latina professionals and founded the Latina Leadership Collective to help move the representation needle by equipping Latinas to step into their power.

A leadership development enthusiast, Larrea-Albert brings her education and experience in adaptive and transformational leadership, behavioral science, and adult development together to lead the transformation of executives around the world through her corporate partnership designing, conducting and facilitating corporate training, development programs, virtual workshops, and empowering leaders and individuals through coaching. She is the creator of several mentoring and coaching programs, and has spoken at or worked with organizations such as NASA, Office Depot, First Data, ALPFA, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, among others.

Larrea-Albert is the author of the bilingual children’s book series “ZeeZee Can | ZeeZee Puede” that encourages children to dream big, take action, and make a difference. Her second book, “ZeeZee Can Make the World Smile | ZeeZee puede hacer sonreír al mundo” received an honorable mention at the International Latino Book Awards this year for Most Inspirational Children’s Picture Book.

After over 20 years of experience in business, serving in her last role as the Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience for a European multinational company in the maritime industry, she went back to school to better equip herself to create more impact in the community. She recently graduated from Harvard University with an MPA, and has an MBA in International Business and a BS in Marketing from Florida Atlantic University (FAU), where she served on the school’s Alumni Association and Marketing Executive Advisory boards. She has co-taught Leadership and Behavioral Organization at FAU’s MBA program and has been a guest speaker and workshop leader in the school’s executive education programs. She also established the Future Latina Leaders Mentorship program at the school.

Her work with the Hispanic community has been recognized with the Latina of Influence distinction and the Everyday Hero Award nomination. She has presented and moderated panels on marketing, customer experience, Latinx/women leadership and empowerment at events in the US and abroad. She is a published author of award-winning research and has presented her research on women in industry and international business at national and international universities.

She was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador, and lives in Wellington, Florida with her husband, son and puppy ZeeZee, who is the inspiration and the protagonist of the book series.