Design Voice Podcast

Angeles Garcia is a Project Executive at McCarthy Building Companies. Originally from Ensenada, Mexico, Angeles has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Tijuana Institute of Technology. Angeles started out at McCarthy over 20 years ago by answering a newspaper ad for a Project Admin position. Since then she has slowly worked her way up to an executive role, breaking down barriers all along the way. In this episode, Angeles shares some great advice on how to inspire teams to do great work, how organizations can address unconscious bias, and how we should all stop second guessing ourselves and just go for it. Show Recap: How Angeles's family's home remodel when she was in high school inspired her to study architecture Transitioning from being an architect in Mexico to practicing in the US - and then realizing she wanted to do something else Getting her foot in the door at McCarthy It wasn't always Angeles's goal to be a Project Executive at one of the largest construction firms, and at one point she thou