Known as a consummate leader in my community as well as nationally, I am thrilled and honored to receive this Her Story award from the Global Women's Peace Network May 2024. Awarded for my efforts in making an impact in underserved communities.
International Woman of the Year
In 2021, I was honored with the International Woman of the Year for Promoting Peace, Published poet, Liberte, and recently named by the Phoenix Business Journal as Business Woman of the year 2024. Newest project, Co-Producer on Climate of Hope: Cities Saving the World. The documentary highlights the opportunity to reverse climate change using the tools available in cities.
Coaching / Presentations / Workshops
In my career coaching practice, I have been passionate about helping individuals explore, assess and attain their personal as well was their professional north star where their passion/purpose equate to a position. From new college graduates to C-Suite executives, the successes of my clients has been a key professional goal.
My keynote presentations and workshops are filled with necessary tips, techniques and inspiration to successfully navigate the ever changing world of work and manage transitions throughout a lifetime.
In addition, I have focused on aligning with C- Suite leaders through a wide variety of industries to understand business's most pressing challenges and creating sustainable solutions. Certified as a leadership and sales skills trainer, I have worked with corporations and non profits to bring the best out in their employees boosting both productivity, team cohesiveness and morale.
Family Life
Raising my two children as a single Mom from the time that they were one and three, I went on to obtain a Master's of Science of Leadership at Grand Canyon University.

Finding North is an inspiring story of breakdown, breakthrough, and becoming. Through poetic reflections and hard-won truths, I share how I rebuilt my body, reimagined my career, and reignited joy-all by following my inner compass, my North Star. This book is a roadmap for anyone ready to turn pain into purpose and craft a life that truly fits. Available for purchase on Amazon.
Poetry is so spontaneous as it allows us in the moment to express love, fears, inspirations, frustrations, successes all feelings in the ebb and flow of our lives. As each poem represents some milestone , I have added pages for your personal notes, reflections and creativity as you ponder the messages in the stanzas. Would love to share a signed copy with you $12.50 includes shipping anywhere in the United States. Please take the journey with me, thank you. Please email me at carla@carlajsnyder.com for a copy.
Climate of Hope is the world's first feature-length AI-hybrid thriller — a bold new framework where real actors perform against generative environments, AI-crafted visuals, and synthetic worlds that couldn't be built any other way.
This isn't animation. This isn't deepfake. This is a genuine new grammar for cinema — real human performance at the center, elevated by artificial intelligence into something the world has never seen.
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Recommendation Letters
John I. “Hans” Gilderbloom, Ph.D
Sharon L. Luczu, RN, B.S., M.A., M.B.A
"Get ready to take an epic journey beyond the cloak of chaos, uncertainty, and fear that surrounds you to experience the power of VUCA; a training that connects you to the infinite resilience and human potential that exists within you so that you can thrive, achieve, and lead in the 21 st Century. If you have been searching for an expert program that will show you how to live without stress, burnout, and scarcity but instead teach you to flourish in a world where your greatest future exists, your wildest dreams come true, and your best life awaits, then VUCA is where you want to be. Let the journey begin."
Hi Carla, I don’t know if you remember me but you taught one of my classes in college for management. To this day it was one of my favorite and such a well thought out way of teaching. I use all the examples to this day that were taught by you. I hope life is treating you more than well. I was wondering if you were willing to provide me with some advice on furthering my career in Management? I am currently continuing my education at ASU and have completed my associates in Management. Is there any pointers you could provide me with in find jobs in that area? I’m really considering Human Resources. Thanks for your time!
During my recent Loaned Executive (LE) experience with VSUW, I had the honor to work for Carla. She is the epitome of what a VSUW Ambassador should be. She is instrumental in the success of our LE class (8 members) as well as prior classes. Carla led the way in educating, guiding, demonstrating, encouraging, mentoring and being a friend with each of us, making us feel quickly like a VSUW employee and being successful in supporting the Corporate Relationship Manager (CRM) team deliver on their goals and objectives. Carla worked with each of us to develop strengths in areas we hadn't experienced in the past. She provided examples from her prior experiences and brought in prior LE's to share their experiences as well -- making our roles easier to envision and live. I wholly support Carla for future leadership roles working with and mentoring other VSUW LE and similar programs with other companies.