Virginia Mendez

  • Catalysing resilience and wellbeing through inclusion, identity, and bold cultural change.

    Virginia is a coach, consultant, and changemaker committed to unlocking the transformative potential of equity — especially in addressing gender inequality and the intersectional dynamics that shape how people experience work, belonging, and leadership. 

    With a unique blend of corporate insight, systemic awareness and creative activism, Virginia supports both individuals and organisations to build cultures that are not only inclusive, but also deeply adaptive and well.

    She offers:

    ·  One-to-one coaching and mentoring for leaders navigating identity, change, and purpose in their work and lives — especially where resilience is connected to difference, visibility and voice

    ·  Workshops, panels, and development processes for organisations looking to meaningfully engage with intersectionality and shift culture in ways that build trust, potential and wellbeing

    ·  Consultancy on embedding inclusive practice across systems — moving beyond compliance toward transformation

    Virginia’s approach is courageous, practical and nuanced. She works with the subtleties of unconscious bias, stereotype threat, and power dynamics — helping people understand how structural issues affect personal resilience, and how personal insight can spark systemic change.

    With a background in Law and Business and a Master’s in Leadership and Business Administration, Virginia draws on eight years of corporate experience and a global client base including Lavazza, Aon, the Gender Inclusion Network, and The British School in Brazil.

    She is active exploring human questions and social justice as essential parts of organisational health and change.

    Beyond the boardroom, Virginia is co-founder of The Feminist Shop, a bilingual children’s book author, and a contributor to Diverse Educators: a manifesto — continually finding new ways to bring feminist, inclusive perspectives to life across sectors, ages and cultures.

    If you’re looking to integrate inclusion into the heart of your leadership and wellbeing agenda — and want to explore the links between identity, resilience and real systemic change — Virginia brings insight, energy and vision to the work.