She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, School of Environmental Design. Her global sustainability experience began while leading the Green Enterprise Initiative at Munich-headquartered Siemens Enterprise Networks. She helped enterprises understand the economic and environmental value of collaboration technologies. Once adopted, these solutions dramatically reduced corporations’ real estate needs, energy needs, employee commutes and their overall carbon footprints.
Graciela is also the author of an Amazon bestselling bilingual children's book titled Good Night Captain Mama/Buenas Noches Capitán Mamá, the first bilingual children's book about why mommies serve in the military [ISBN: 978-0-9834760-3-0.] This book was named a finalist in the 2014 International Latino Book Awards in the category of Best Educational Children's Book - Bilingual. Captain Mama and her children will star in a bilingual aviation travel adventure series in the years to come. Graciela's full military bio is availablehere.
Graciela actively mentors students who need life, education and career roadmaps, which the Latinnovating book series provides. Her thought leadership pieces have published in the U.S. and Europe including Environmental Leader, Hispanic MBA, Communications News and many others.She earned a Master degree in International Management from the School of Global Commerce at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington while on active duty with the U.S. Air Force. Graciela was honored by LATINA Style Magazine as the “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Anna Maria Arias Memorial Business Fund Gala in Washington D.C. She is a key promoter of the Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit held annually at Stanford University. Graciela is the founder of multicultural publishing and marketing firm, Gracefully Global Group LLC. She lives in the San Francisco east bay with her husband and three eco-conscious children.