Hanging Up the Cape: Conquering Superwoman Syndrome

Womxn 2 Womxn: A Gender Leadership Podcast

This week we're talking about the Superwoman Syndrome (so many syndromes)! We had the chance to speak Veronica Flaspoehler, UNC alumna and Vice President of Financial Crimes Risk Management for Latin America and the Caribbean at Wells Fargo

Guest Bio

Veronica Mora Flaspoehler has eleven years of financial services industry experience and is currently a Vice President and the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer for Wells Fargo’s Latin America and Caribbean regions. Her prior experience includes leading efforts to build Wells Fargo’s Wholesale Testing & Validation Program covering regulatory compliance and financial crimes and supporting the creation of compliance oversight programs to address deficiencies identified as a result of the housing market crisis. Additionally, Veronica has been a Compliance Officer for Wells Fargo Securities supporting the origination, underwriting and syndication of investment grade and non-investment grade corporate bonds, and real estate loan syndication. She started her career with Wachovia/Wells Fargo in the Internal Audit Associate Program covering Corporate and Investment Banking. Veronica graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Public Policy and a minor in Entrepreneurship Studies.

Veronica was born in Alajuela, Costa Rica. Veronica and her family moved to the United States when she was four years old. She grew up in Lincolnton, NC. While at UNC, she was Vice President of the Class of 2008 and was involved in the Carolina Hispanics Association (CHispA), now known as Mi Pueblo, Campus Crusade, and was President of the Public Policy Majors Club. Currently she is actively involved in the UNC Board of Visitors, UNC Young Alumni Leadership Council and the Campaign for Carolina’s Diversity Strategy Campaign Committee.

Additional Resources

Is the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype Hurting Black Women

Sneaky Ways "Superwoman Syndrome" Can Affect Your Health

Dr. Taz's Power Type Quiz

Forget "Having It All"--Here's How You Can Overcome Superwoman Syndrome

This podcast is a creation of the Womxn of Worth Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill with support from the American Association for University Women (AAUW). This podcast features the song “mountaintops in the sky” by Artificial.Music, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.