ms. vihil h. vigil empowering women in all she does!

Ms. Vihil Heather L. Vigil boasts over 25 years of experience in business, finance, executive development, mentoring, and coaching, spanning from the Sacramento Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, the Colorado Rockies, the Treasure Valley of Idaho, and even globally online.

Ms. Vigil specializes in personal empowerment, focusing on professional development and women coaching for a diverse range of individuals, including new graduates, mid-career professionals, business executives, women veterans, and survivors of assault, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

In her innovative program, EmpowerU! Mentorships, Vihil is dedicated to mentoring girls and young women in areas such as mapping life paths, exploring higher education, setting current life goals, and planning for future success.

With her extensive experience, Ms. Vihil coaches clients on personal wellness and development, as well as professional and business acumen development. She uplifts her clients through educational workshops, online and live group goal planning sessions, and one-to-one coaching programs, utilizing Therapeutic Empowerment—a coaching-based therapeutic practice aimed at helping women unleash their true potential by recognizing the past, managing the present, and planning for the future.

A proud native of California, Ms. Vihil is also a United States Navy Combat Veteran, having served aboard the USS Fletcher as a Quartermaster and the ship's only Master Helmswoman at the time. She skillfully steered the ship's rudders and controlled its engines while entering and exiting ports of call, with a particular fondness for navigating under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. Vihil managed the ship's movements during fuel operations at sea and wartime exercises and earned the distinction of Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist while based out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

After her honorable discharge from the Navy, Vihil graduated from Cal Poly Humboldt in Northern California and subsequently moved to San Francisco, where she managed fine art galleries while earning her MBA from Ashford University.

With a solid foundation of traditional education and military service, Vihil excelled in roles such as a non-profit association management program director and as an administrative and technical project management and procurement professional for several campuses of the University of California, including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, the UCPath Center in Riverside, and the Office of the President in Oakland, California. During this time, she also completed holistic health coach training from the Health Coach Institute and became a proud mother to her amazing daughter.

Vihil continues to enhance her knowledge in professional development and strategic planning through ongoing education, including her recent Google Generative AI Leader Certification. As she works towards her Doctorate program, she travels the world, hosts the International Women in Business Mastermind Podcast on YouTube, and passionately coaches, mentors, and empowers girls and women globally to live their best lives.