The Thriving FGP Collective™
Coaching and community for first-generation professionals redefining success
You’ve built your success through determination and grit.
Yet even hard-won success can carry quiet questions about identity, belonging, and direction. The Thriving FGP Collective™ brings together professionals ready to integrate who they are with how they lead and to transform the energy of striving into a grounded sense of thriving
The Collective creates space for that reconciliation through coaching and community, helping participants align identity, ambition, and impact.
Who This Is For
This program is for first-generation professionals, across sectors and stages, who are at a point of reflection in their leadership and life and want to:
Reconnect with their roots while shaping the next chapter of their leadership journey
Explore greater coherence between lived experience, ambition, and the impact they are creating
Move beyond survival-driven patterns and into a steadier sense of confidence, purpose, and belonging
FGPC is best suited for participants who have spent several years in their careers and are navigating increasing responsibility, complexity, or leadership expectations. Most participants have approximately 6+ years of professional experience, though readiness for reflection and integration matters more than a specific number
What the Collective is
The Thriving FGP Collective™ is a small, cohort-based group coaching experience designed for first-generation professionals who want space to reflect, integrate, and grow alongside peers with shared lived experience.
This is not a course or a content-driven program. It is a facilitated, relational container that blends coaching, dialogue, and reflective practice. The depth of the experience comes from both the structure of the sessions and the shared presence of the group.
Participants are invited to engage thoughtfully, contribute to collective learning, and explore their leadership and life with honesty and care
The Thriving FGP Collective™ Curriculum
A virtual six-session group coaching journey that guides FGPs through reflection, storytelling, and shared dialogue to envision what thriving looks like, design aligned practices, and deepen their capacity to lead. Below is an outline of what participants can expect.
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Orientation & Context Awareness
Create psychological safety, build connection, and situate personal experience within broader systems and context. -
Values, Strengths, and Costs
Unearth the values and strengths that have sustained growth—while naming the often-invisible costs of striving. -
Identity Integration & Wholeness
Envision a way of living and leading that no longer requires fragmentation or self-erasure. -
Alignment & Intentional Direction
Translate insight into values-aligned direction, clarifying where to invest energy and where to stop overextending. -
Capacity & Sustainability
Design habits, boundaries, and support systems that protect capacity and allow thriving to endure over time. -
From Integrated Thriving to Broader Impact
Use positional power intentionally so thriving expands beyond the individual and supports what matters over time.
Each session weaves together live coaching, peer dialogue, and guided reflection. Between sessions, participants are invited to journal, experiment, or notice how new insights show up in everyday life. There is minimal prework and no prior coaching experience required, only openness and curiosity.
The Thriving FGP Collective™ includes:
Six 2-hour live group coaching sessions
Three individual 1:1 coaching sessions (60 minutes each)
A welcome packet, participant workbook, and supporting materials, with specially branded items for Founding Circle members.
Access to a private participant portal and peer community
Optional Capstone Practice
What This Collective Supports
Through the Collective, participants are supported in:
Reframing their professional and personal story from deficit to strength
Clarifying what thriving means across both career and life
Building supportive practices that sustain authenticity and well-being
Connecting with peers who share the experience of leading as bridge builders
Format & Logistics
Length: Six 2-hour virtual sessions (weekly) held virtually via Zoom
Group Size: 6–8 participants for depth and connection
Format: Live coaching, peer dialogue, and reflection exercises
The Founding Circle
The Founding Circle refers to the earliest participants in the Thriving FGP Collective™. Members of the Founding Circle help inform the foundation, language, and shared practices of the program. In recognition of that partnership, Founding Circle members receive a reduced founding rate, specially branded items, and lifetime access to select future programs and shared resources developed within the Collective.
Inaugural Cohorts
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Thursdays
6:00–8:00 pm ET / 3:00–5:00 pm PT / 23:00–01:00 UTC
February 26, 2026
March 5, 2026
March 12, 2026
March 19, 2026
March 26, 2026
April 2, 2026
April 9, 2026 (backup date)
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Tuesdays
6:00–8:00 pm ET / 3:00–5:00 pm PT / 23:00–01:00 UTC
April 28, 2026
May 5, 2026
May 12, 2026
May 19, 2026
May 26, 2026
June 2, 2026
Investment
Founding cohort participants receive a reduced rate and lifetime access to select future programs and shared resources. When you’re ready to proceed, we’ll walk through enrollment and payment details.
Standard Rate: $2,500
Founding Cohort: $2,000
Participation is confirmed with a deposit, which reserves a place in the cohort. Full enrollment and payment details are reviewed after you decide to proceed. Payment plans are available.
Facilitated by
Lisette Garza, MSOD, MPhil, ACC
First-Generation Professional • Fulbright Fellow • ICF-Certified Coach • University of Pennsylvania
Lisette Garza is a coach, consultant, and founder of Garza Consulting, where she partners with leaders navigating the intersection of identity, ambition, and authenticity. Her reflective and relational approach is grounded in the belief that thriving begins with awareness and belonging. She holds Master’s degrees from University of Pennsylvania in Organizational Dynamics with certificates in Executive Coaching, Organizational Consulting, and Change Management.
At the University of Pennsylvania, she served as the inaugural Director of Penn First Plus Alumni and Career Resources Initiatives, where she launched initiatives that expanded career and leadership engagement for more than 6,000 first-generation students and alumni, building a lasting community that celebrates their unique strengths and contributions.
Full bio here.
Next Steps
Because this is a small, relational cohort experience, I speak with each participant before enrollment to ensure readiness and fit.
If this work resonates, I invite you to schedule a conversation to explore whether this is the right time and container for you.