Bio
Positive Coach, Coach Supervisor, Facilitator, and People Development Consultant
Raised by a single mother of six in New York’s Lower East Side, Masa has studied culture and human nature for as long as she can remember. Driven by the difficult experiences of her immigrant mother and her own first generation, low income upbringing, Masa found her calling in developing others to reclaim and magnify their power and potential. The grit of women, mothers, and workers of all colors fuels her. Underdogs are her inspiration.
Masa is an experienced Executive and Team Coach, Facilitator, Coach Supervisor, and People Development Consultant based in New York City with 20+ years of leadership experience in global tech organizations including 12+ years at Google. Masa develops leaders (through individual coaching or classroom training) from all sectors with a focus on women and people of color, and has devoted her life to understanding differences. Her MAPP.15 capstone focused on intergroup bias and is titled: "Missing Link: Marrying Applied Positive Psychology and Diversity Training". Part-coach, part-techinsider, part-teacher, part-scholar, part-historian, part-mystic, part-comedian, part-client, part-practitioner, all-New Yorker, she blends hands-on experience, business savvy, laughter, and modern social science. Most recently Masa designed and launched Google’s Manager as Coach Workshop and Manager Communities serving 18,000+ people leaders worldwide. She teaches and speaks in various forums about coaching, leadership and management, career, diversity, and culture, and authored the paper “Multiplicity: Asian-American Females – Understanding Cultural Frames to Enhance Cross-Cultural Coaching Effectiveness”.
A medieval history and Spanish major from Yale University, and Yale Delegate-At-Large, and a Columbia Executive Education alumnus, she recently received her master degree in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, and currently serves as an Assistant Instructor for the program. Spirituality, Gratitude, Love of Learning, Humor, and Zest are her signature character strengths. Masa is also a devoted aunt to twelve thriving nieces and nephews, former Bikram yoga teacher, trained French pastry chef, and an aspiring writer.
Experience: Clients include F100 global corporations from tech, retail, food and service, sports, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and government services.
