KRISTINA GUERRERO.
Hey friends! I’m Kristina.
Former national TV host turned speaker, storyteller, and creator of She Believed.
For more than 20 years, I built a career telling other people’s stories. Then the story I had told myself about who I was — and what my life was supposed to look like — fell apart.
Sobriety. Breast cancer. A career that unraveled.
And suddenly, I was left asking myself:
Now what?
Today, I speak honestly about reinvention, resilience, identity, and what it looks like to rebuild your life from the inside out — through conversations rooted in humor, honesty, and deeply lived experience.
About Kristina.
Kristina Guerrero is a speaker, storyteller, and former national television host with more than 20 years of experience in front of and behind the camera.
She was the first Latina host and correspondent for E! Entertainment’s E! News and The Daily 10, later hosting the nationally syndicated lifestyle show The List. Over the course of her career, she has worked as a host, writer, producer, and creative storyteller across television, film, and digital media.
Kristina is also the creator and host of She Believed, a podcast centered around resilience, identity, and rebuilding when life doesn’t go according to plan. She directed the short documentary Walking Through Molasses about her breast cancer journey and is currently writing her memoir, She Believed She Could.
She lives in Phoenix with her husband, writer and producer Gibby Cevallos, and their two sons Mateo and Sebastian.
In her free time she… who are we kidding? She has kids. She has no free time.
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Kristina's Talks.
Honest stories about losing your way, rebuilding your life, and finding the courage to move forward anyway.
What Happens When It All Falls Apart?
And the only thing left to do is believe anyway
I used to think if I worked hard enough, achieved enough, and held everything together tightly enough… life would finally feel secure.
Then everything unraveled.
Sobriety. Breast cancer. A career I had spent decades building suddenly gone. The life I imagined for myself no longer existed.
In this honest, funny, and deeply human talk, I share what happened when everything fell apart — and what it took to rebuild, one belief at a time.
Audiences leave feeling seen, hopeful, and reminded that resilience isn’t about having all the answers — it’s about finding the courage to keep going anyway.
Audiences will walk away with:
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Permission to let go of the pressure to hold everything together perfectly
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Tools for navigating identity shifts after loss, change, or unexpected setbacks
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The courage to move forward even when the future looks nothing like the plan
Pretty Successful. Totally Lost.
Why so many high-achieving women are exhausted from performing a life that no longer feels like their own
For years, I looked like I had it all together. National television career. Family. Success. Recognition. The kind of life that looked really good on paper.
Behind the scenes? I was exhausted. And I drank to quiet the voice telling me, This ain’t gonna end well.
“Shhh. No one asked you. Now where’s my bottle of wine?”
In this honest and deeply relatable talk, I share my experience navigating ambition, identity, burnout, motherhood, anxiety, and the pressure so many women feel to keep performing no matter what life throws at them.
Because eventually, pretending you’re fine becomes its own kind of exhaustion.
Through humor, vulnerability, and lived experience, audiences leave feeling seen, understood, and more equipped to recognize the stories, expectations, and coping mechanisms that may be keeping them disconnected from themselves.
Audiences will walk away with:
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The ability to recognize when success and self-abandonment have become tangled together
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Greater awareness of the habits, expectations, and coping mechanisms driving exhaustion
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Permission to stop performing perfection and start living more honestly
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A healthier, more sustainable perspective on ambition, identity, and fulfillment
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Walking Through Molasses.
A breast cancer survivor’s story of healing, humor, and learning to keep going.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, everything slowed down. My body. My mind. My identity. My ability to pretend I was fine.
That’s where the name Walking Through Molasses came from — the feeling that even the smallest things suddenly became heavy.
In this deeply personal talk inspired by my short documentary, I share what it looked like to navigate fear, body image, motherhood, uncertainty, faith, and survival while still trying to show up for everyone around me.
There’s heartbreak in this story. But there’s also humor, perspective, hope… and yes, a prosthetic boob named Nipsey.
Because I’ve learned that sometimes laughter is survival too.
Audiences leave reminded that resilience doesn’t always look fearless — sometimes it simply looks like continuing forward, one impossibly heavy step at a time.
Audiences will walk away with:
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A more honest understanding of survival, healing, and emotional resilience
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Greater compassion for themselves and the people quietly carrying heavy things
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Permission to find lightness, humor, and humanity in difficult seasons
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The reminder that strength doesn’t always look fearless — sometimes it simply looks like continuing on
There is no doubt that Kristina Guerrero is a gifted and genuine storyteller. She has a remarkable way of crafting her message that immediately captures the hearts and attention of everyone in the room.
During the Opening Reception at the National Consortium of Breast Centers Conference, Kristina completely mesmerized the audience of advocates, survivors, navigators, healthcare professionals, and even surgeons with her transparency, authenticity, and courage.
Her ability to combine vulnerability, strength, humor, and hope while sharing her personal cancer journey created an unforgettable experience for all who attended.
Sylvia Powers
Project Coordinator - NCBC
