Finally feel at home in your financial future without losing yourself, your joy, or your cultura.

Saving for retirement requires buying stocks and bonds in a retirement account, but it doesn’t have to be confusing or out of reach. It can feel simple and supportive. Retire Ready is for first-gen Latinas ready to build real wealth, one step at a time.

Retire Ready is your safe, judgment-free space to take control of your retirement, ask every question, and get the real answers no one ever taught you.

It’s time to open the door to wealth – a tu manera.

If you’ve ever felt a pang of dread at the words retirement account, you’re not alone. Maybe you’re earning more than your parents ever dreamed, but deep down, you still feel uncertain.

What if you lose money? What if you wait too long? How does it even work? Nobody in your circle talks openly about money, and when you Google “how to retire,” it feels like a world built for someone else. Plus -you’re tired of hearing “open your IRA” with no roadmap.

Investing for retirement on your own can feel intimidating. The fear of making a wrong move keeps you frozen. And what about enjoying my life in the present? Do I really have money to do both? What if retirement planning could be simple, empowering – and actually make sense?

“[Mariel’s] workshop on investing and opening an IRA was so helpful and insightful! I had no prior knowledge and was able to open my ROTH IRA which felt super empowering as a Latina and business owner! – Angelique A.

Retire Ready

A 3-session intensive designed to help you get things done.


Saving for retirement can be done from your smartphone – and it doesn’t have to be complicated. This intensive is for the person who knows they don’t want to work past retirement age, and who is ready to take the first step required to retire on time.

What you get inside of
Retire Ready:

• Three 60 minute 1:1 sessions (virtual)
• E-mail support throughout the duration of the 3 sessions
• A 30 minute follow up (virtual) session 90 days after the completion of session 3

Investment: $497

Payment plan available upon request.

Your step-by-step journey:

No more analysis paralysis. We’re doing this together, simply, and with confidence.

Session 1: Getting Started

Together, we’ll look at your retirement goals from a birds eye view. Are you saving inside of a 401k/TSP/ETC? Is it time to increase your contributions? You will also open your individual retirement account (IRA), connect your bank account, and initiate your very first cash transfer.

Session 2: Retirement Goals

You will run through a retirement calculator to understand how much to invest every month to retire on time. You will learn investment basics, and decide which investment strategy you want to start with inside of your ‘IRA’.

Session 3: Execution

Now that your money has landed safely in your ‘IRA’, you are clicking the buttons to buy your first investment. An employer sponsored retirement account, in tandem with your ‘IRA’, will get you to a retirement worth living. You’ll leave with clear next steps and a retirement plan in motion.

It’s time to become an investor.

You don’t have to figure out saving for retirement on your own.

I used to be just like you…

Up until a few years ago, I didn’t know that ‘saving for retirement’ requires buying stocks and bonds inside of a retirement account. I wasn’t sure how to invest or how to know which investments were right for me.

I wasn’t making the time to sit down and actually open an individual retirement account (IRA) – EVEN THOUGH I knew how important it was. And I was scared…. of losing my hard earned money to the stock market.

What if….
• You learned about saving for retirement and it actually made sense
• You felt confident and invested for retirement – from your smart phone
• You took consistent action and began to build wealth
• You felt empowered and taught the Latinas around you to do it too

Building wealth starts with one simple step: looking at your money. I’ll help you plan for a better future while enjoying your life now. Book your consultation call to join the list of Latina women who went from ‘I know I need to do it’ to ‘I did it!’.

  • Mariel has helped me with financial awareness overall; teaching me what an IRA is and the importance of creating my own account, learning to work through my financial trauma and emotional connection to money and showing me effective ways to maximize my financial impact.
    Nadia R.
  • I attended one of Mariel’s workshops because I’d been interested in investing for years, but it always seemed so complicated. She explained everything so well and as someone who’s not tech savvy or financially literate, I walked away feeling like I could actually do it all on my own.
    sylvia g.

Retire Ready will change your life.

You’ve been the first in your family to do many things. It’s time to become a first generation investor. Saving for retirement can be simple. Let me show you how.

Have questions about Retire Ready?

Yes. First and foremost, cheers to you for already having a plan! The next step is figuring out your retirement savings goal and whether you are on track to get there with your current work contributions. This intensive will help you determine if you need to raise your contributions, if you need to supplement your retirement savings with an individual retirement account (IRA), or if you truly are already on track to retire ready. Book your free call to find out.

While I will explain your options and tell you what your next step is, no, Retire Ready will not help with actually transferring your old 401(k)s. Retire Ready looks at your retirement plan from a birds eye view and tells you what you need to get done in order to reach your goals. 

Absolutely. First of all, CONGRATS! I hope you’re proud of yourself. For many people, investing inside of an IRA is not enough to reach their goals. In these cases, we’ll discuss what other retirement accounts are available to you. If you are self-employed or a small business owner for example, a ‘SEP IRA’ may be your next step.

All investing comes with risk. But, there is no way to save for retirement without investing in a retirement account. That being said, there are many types of investing strategies. Inside of ‘Retire Ready’, I walk you through the 3 most common investing strategies. You’ll be able to decide which makes you feel most comfortable. Remember, you can always change your strategy, but it’s important to start now.

Yes. While it is up to the individual, I will encourage every person to open an ‘IRA’ in session one of Retire Ready. We will connect a bank account and transfer money in. $10 will work. By session 3, your money would have landed inside of your ‘IRA’ which means that I’m walking you through which buttons to click while we are on our call. Amiga, you’re leaving Retire Ready as an investor. All you have to do from there is rinse and repeat. You can do this. I’ll show you how.

Inside of Retire Ready we cover investing basics and foundational principles to ensure you feel confident in your investing for retirement strategy. Every time there’s headlines on the news about the stock market, I don’t bother with logging into my account because I understand that daily fluctuations don’t matter for long term investors. True confidence comes with self-education. Amiga, you’ve got this.

Upon request, we can offer a 2 installations payment plan. Schedule your free call to further discuss if Retire Ready is for you. (It is.)

Prefer 1:1 Money coaching?

1:1 Money coaching is perfect for the person looking for guidance and accountability to reach their money goals. If this is you, check out my 4 month money coaching program.