Episode 91: From Starting Over to Owning It, with Anna Anisin and Adriana Montes, on a black and pink background with butterfly accents.
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From Starting Over to Owning It

Anna Anisin sits down with Adriana Montes to explore starting over, education, financial ownership, ambition and the personal style that helps us step into new rooms.

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I Want Her Shoes Podcast | Episode 91 From Starting Over to Owning It

Adriana Montes on immigration, money, ambition, and building a life on your own terms.

From arriving in the United States from Colombia as a teenager to building businesses and investing in real estate, Adriana Montes's story raises a larger question: what does it mean to own the life you are creating?

This week on I Want Her Shoes Podcast, host Anna Anisin sits down with Adriana Montes, entrepreneur and real-estate investor. Anna and Adriana explore the relationship between education, confidence and opportunity, how our understanding of money changes as we grow, and the move from earning an income to thinking about ownership.

The episode also makes room for the personal side of ambition: self-reliance, asking for help, the meaning of enough, and the role of personal style when stepping into rooms where you want to be taken seriously.

👠 Themes

  • Starting over in a new country and learning a new language
  • Education, confidence and learning what you do not yet know
  • Money, ownership and financial independence
  • Ambition, self-reliance and knowing when to ask for help
  • Dressing for authority while staying true to yourself
  • The lessons and shoes you would share with your younger self

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