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The Event That Started It All | How Amiga Moms™ Was Born in 2019
Updated: Aug 9
There's no shortage of advice about how to help children. Books, podcasts, parenting classes, pediatricians, teachers... the resources for kids are endless. But somewhere in all of that, the mom gets left out of the equation. Not because nobody cares, but because somewhere along the way we started assuming she could figure it out herself.
That assumption is what Amiga Moms™ was built to challenge.
In May 2019, the first Amiga Moms Social brought high-achieving moms together in one room for something that didn't exist yet - a space built entirely for her. Not for her kids or her career, but for the woman underneath it all who had been carrying everything quietly and hadn't had a place to put it down.
The Amiga Moms Social was the first of its kind and it was a sold out event, and THAT was the confirmation. This high-achieving mom was out there and ready. She just hadn't been given a room that matched her level... until now.
Vanessa De Jesus Guzman, LPC, NCC is a licensed therapist, CEO of Free to Be Mindful, speaker, and host of the Free to Be Mindful Podcast, named the #1 Latino Mental Health Podcast in 2026 by Feedspot with 300+ episodes. She is also the founder of Amiga Moms™, private coaching for the Mom CEO centered on bringing the same excellence to herself that she already gives everywhere else.
At the core of Vanessa's work is one belief: the people who give everything to everyone else deserve to stop surviving and start living intentionally.
Vanessa is a first gen, bilingual mom of two, and brings 20+ years of experience to the kids, teens and families she works with. She's been voted one of New Jersey's Favorite Kids' Docs, and has been featured on the Today Show, Univision, Parents, and other national publications.
