Female Fridays
On Female Fridays, we go beyond the résumé to reveal the real stories of women leading with courage, complexity, and heart.
Hosted by Rachel Keller — a journalist at heart and a Vice President by trade — this podcast features unfiltered conversations with extraordinary women in healthcare, senior living, entrepreneurship, and beyond.
These are the stories behind the titles: breaking glass ceilings, navigating imposter syndrome, redefining power, and building legacy on their own terms.
If you're craving deeper, more human stories of leadership — the doubt, the pivots, the quiet wins — you’re in the right place.
Because true leadership was never just a title.
Tune in each Friday for real talk, emotional insight, and the truth behind what it really takes to lead.
Female Fridays
Pilar Carvajal Didn’t Just Ask for a Seat. She Started Redesigning the System.
In this episode of Female Fridays, I talk with Pilar Carvajal — founder, CEO of Innovation Senior Living, and social impact entrepreneur — about what it really looks like to lead with vision, resilience, and purpose in the senior living space.
Pilar shares her journey from corporate consulting to co-founding a company with her powerhouse mother, and eventually building Innovation Senior Living from the ground up. We talk about what it takes to leave a family business, navigate industry skepticism, and create space for truly mission-driven leadership.
She also shares her next big leap: Longevity Day Communities — an innovative care model that blends scientific wellness, social connection, and aging in place. Think: proactive healthspan hubs for middle-market seniors, grounded in equity and purpose.
✨ In this conversation, we explore:
- What it means to be a social impact entrepreneur
- The power (and pain) of leaving a family-run business
- Innovation in affordable senior living
- Her new longevity center model that’s changing the game
- Why she only hires women — and the radical clarity that brings
- The importance of gratitude in leadership culture
Whether you’re a leader, founder, innovator, or simply curious about the future of aging — this one is packed with bold ideas and grounded wisdom.