Catch Her Spark
Tune into Catch Her Spark, the podcast for high-achieving women who build wealth on their own terms. Hosted by Jen Maldonado, this show is crafted specifically for busy female professionals—doctors, attorneys, engineers, and investors—who want to leverage real estate to grow their capital without the day-to-day hustle. If you're a woman in your 30s to 50s looking to invest with clarity and confidence, your journey starts here. Subscribe and catch the spark.
Episodes
What if the secret to success isn't doing more, but doing less—and doing it well?
We live in a world that tells us to work harder, wake up earlier, and always chase the next big thing. But what if real success comes from slowing down, keeping things simple, and building a life that works for you?
In this episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast, host Jen Maldonado welcomes Sireesha Chilakamarri, a technology leader, hands-on CT...
What happens when a woman who knows how to protect millions of dollars at work realizes she did not protect herself at home?
In this episode of the Catch Her Spark Podcast, host Jen Maldonado sits down with Neka Hickmon, a technology leader, mother of three, and woman finding her way through a new chapter of life.
Neka has spent more than 20 years working with major organizations, including JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Air Force. Sh...
What if the place you start in life does not have to decide where you finish?
In this episode of The Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Geeta Priya Vattam to talk about a journey built on education, hard work, family, and the courage to keep going.
Geeta grew up in a low-income family in India. Her mother worked as a tailor, her father repaired televisions, and money was often tight. But her mother gave ...
Real estate deals can look very different depending on where you sit in the capital stack.
In this episode, Jen Maldonado breaks down what the capital stack means, who gets paid first, and how risk changes at each level. She uses a simple $10 million example to explain senior debt, second liens, preferred equity, and common equity.
Jen also shares what she is seeing in Austin, Phoenix, and California as she reviews the market headi...
What if the room you feel least ready to enter is exactly the room you need to be in?
In this episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with first-generation attorney Sherelle Sanders to talk about what it takes to step into bigger rooms, take on bigger opportunities, and build a career when no one in your family has gone before you.
Sherelle shares how a high school teacher first saw something in her...
What does ambition really cost when you are a woman building a career in a world that was never designed for you?
In this powerful episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Bunmi Bashiru, an engineer, project manager, sustainability expert, entrepreneur, and energy consultant whose career has taken her through mor...
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Everyone says they want to grow. But what happens when growth costs you the version of yourself you thought you had to be?
In this powerful conversation, Jen Maldonado sits down with Grace McCubbin, a founder, author, TEDx speaker, congressional witness, mother, and s...
What happens when you give your best to a company, quadruple the business, and still get fired by text?
For Laura Campbell, that painful moment became a turning point.
In this episode of The Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Laura shares how getting fired pushed her to stop depending on someone else to recognize her value and start building somethi...
In this powerful episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Yildiz Burger for an open conversation about toxic workplaces, survival mode, rebuilding self-trust, and finding the courage to create a new chapter.
Yildiz shares her deeply personal journey through childhood challenges, loss, toxic work environments, and moments that left her questioning...
What if the twists, mistakes, and unexpected turns in your life aren’t taking you off course—but preparing you for what comes next?
In this episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Anisa Aven, a fourth-generation entrepreneur, leadership coach, and AI transformation leader whose career has been anything but a straight line.
What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels like the life you’re meant to live?
In this episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Dr. Amanda Lewis, dentist, longtime entrepreneur, and founder of LUI, to talk about what it really looks like to start over.
By the time Amanda approached 40, sh...
In this episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast with Jen Maldonado, Jen sits down with Monica Duperon, whose remarkable career took her from law enforcement and undercover narcotics to hostage negotiations, SWAT, investigations, and executive protection for ultra-high-net-worth families around the world.
But Monica’s biggest transformation did not happen on the job. It happened...
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? In this powerful episode of Catch Her Spark, Jen Maldonado sits down with Dr. Ruby Rose, an emergency physician who transformed her own health struggles into a mission to help others uncover the root causes of illness. From growing up in the fashion world to practicing emergency medicine, survivin...
What happens when the physician who has spent her career fixing broken systems is forced to face a deeply personal challenge she can't solve with medicine alone?
In this heartfelt episode of the Catch her Spark Podcast, Jen Maldonado sits down with emergency physician Dr. Shannon Markus to explore a journey th...
Stop Hiding Your Power: A Latina Leader on Owning the Room, Building Wealth & Being the Door
What happens when one childhood moment becomes the spark for a lifetime of service?
In this inspiring episode of the Catch Her Spark Podcast, Jen Maldonado sits down with attorney, community leader, and former San Antonio City Council member Melissa Cabello Havrda to discuss the defining moment...
What happens when one immigration mistake changes the course of your life? In this episode of Catch Her Spark, Jen Maldonado sits down with immigration expert Cassandra Fultz, whose personal journey from South Carolina to Canada inspired her to build a career helping others avoid the fear, uncertainty, and costly mistakes she once experienced herself.
What does it take to keep speaking up when you're the only woman in the room? In this inspiring episode of Catch Her Spark, Jen Maldonado sits down with environmental engineer and sustainability leader Susan Alvarez, whose career has been built on doing the right thing—even when it wasn't the easy thing.
Susan shares her remarkable journey from being one of only three women in...
In this inspiring episode of Catch Her Spark, Jen Maldonado sits down with Senior Technical Account Manager Nicole LeBeau Fomin to talk about resilience, financial independence, career growth, and the mindset that helped her rebuild after being laid off from a company where she had invested ten years of her life.
Nicole shares her journey from waiting tables and working customer ser...
What if earning less money could actually give you more freedom?
In this episode of the Catch Her Spark Podcast, Jen Maldonado sits down with technology executive and former fashion industry leader Jeniza Ketay to explore a career decision that many professionals struggle to make. After building a successful career at iconic brands like Victoria's Secret, Jeniza made th...
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