About
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Hola, I’m Dr. Vanessa Calderon, a first-generation Latina-American, Harvard grad, board-certified physician, and lifelong healer.
Though I was trained in Western medicine, healing has always been in my blood. I come from a lineage of Indigenous healers from Mexico and El Salvador, and I’ve had the honor of apprenticing with them. Today, I blend science, psychology, and ancestral wisdom to support leaders and entrepreneurs in creating meaningful, sustainable transformation.
Before becoming a coach, I spent two decades in leadership, guiding complex teams, leading organizational change, and helping businesses recover financially while building intentional, values-driven cultures. I learned early on that when people feel safe, seen, and empowered, everything improves - from team morale to bottom-line results.
I'm also aware of the dire cost of high performance without boundaries. I burned out early in my career. And in my healing, I made a promise: no one should have to sacrifice their well-being to succeed. That led me to create an evidence-based burnout prevention program that I used to help hundreds of professionals heal and thrive. The efficacy of my work has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Today, I bring together 20 years of leadership and business development experience, a deep foundation in psychology and neuroplasticity, and a fierce belief in human potential to help my clients master themselves, elevate their impact, and lead with heart and clarity.
This work isn’t just what I do, it’s who I am.
Official Bio
Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD MPP is a Harvard graduate, Board-Certified Physician and Master Coach who specializes in coaching executives, leaders, and entrepreneurs to achieve self-mastery, maximize their impact, and improve both their professional results and their team’s performance.
She brings her scientific knowledge in neuroscience, psychology, habit building, and her 20 years of leadership and business development experience to help her clients create quick and innovative solutions. She currently serves as an in-house Master Coach in a billion dollar organization, where she works directly with leadership to help them improve their performance, uplevel their team’s engagement, while also creating well-balanced and fulfilled lives.
Dr. Calderón has over two decades of leadership and business development experience. Prior to coaching, she led complex teams through financial recovery and intentional culture change. Her experience and depth of knowledge in human development allows her to quickly hone in on her clients’ blocks, remove their blind spots and find actionable solutions.
Her signature frameworks, rooted in science and psychology, are simple to grasp and put into practice, to help her clients create greater impact. Her tools help her clients rewire behaviors and habits, improve their self-discipline and overall efficiency. In so doing, she ensures her clients achieve the professional performance results they desire, without sacrificing their personal life.
Her coaching approach is solution oriented and rooted in compassion. Her 20 years of experience enables her to create the perfect environment for her clients to experience quick results in a short amount of time.Â
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Dr. Calderon is also the National Wellness and Resiliency Director for Vituity, a national multi-specialty healthcare organization, where she has spent over a decade reconnecting healthcare providers to their original joy in medicine through education and professional coaching.
She is a member of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, a compassion fatigue educator, and a recognized Positive Neuroplasticity Trainer. She's also certified in various coaching and healing modalities including somatics and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Dr. Calderon is a sought after international public speaker. Through her keen sense of human connection, she has inspired audiences around the world. Besides leadership and wellness, her speaking interests include diversity, equity, inclusion; as well as compassion and empathy in leadership. She's a regularly invited speaker at national conferences, retreats, and podcasts.Â
