From Losing a Dream Job to Building a Dream Life | Lilliana Vazquez

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff

Society & Culture

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

She landed her dream job in television—only to lose it three months later and be forced to completely reinvent her career. This week on SUPERWOMEN, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lilliana Vazquez, Emmy-winning host, style expert, and social media mogul. For years, E! News was her dream job… until it wasn’t. So, what did she do next? Lilliana opens up about why she left, the wild ride of transitioning to content creation, and how she flipped the script on what success really means. If you're navigating a big change or thinking about reinventing your own career, this one’s for you. Episode Guide: (00:00) Meet Lilliana Vazquez (03:00) Balancing motherhood and work during the pandemic (06:00) Lilliana on losing her dream job at E! News (07:30) The moment she realized she was chasing a “dying job” (09:30) Transitioning into the creator economy (12:00) The difference between TV work vs. social media work (16:00) Why fostering community was the key to her success (18:00) From 100k to 500k followers in 18 months (21:00) Why you should speak to your audience like a close friend (25:00) The importance of understanding your own content (28:00) Why losing followers can be a good thing (32:00) Advocating for entrepreneurial learning in colleges (34:00) What Lilliana learned from younger influencers (38:00) The power of community building Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.0	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.0	They think they're better than us.
0:08.0	Who do you think you are?
0:10.0	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.0	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.0	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.0	This is your latest project.
0:23.4	It's heavy with information, data and exactly 36 pages of waffle.
0:29.5	But with Acrobat Studio, you can create a PDF space, an AI-powered workspace that turns
0:35.2	documents into summaries and insights and even generates
0:38.7	reports or presentations out of it. So you can cut through the waffle, work smarter, and save time.
0:45.2	Do that with Acrobat. Learn more and try it out on Adobe.com. I had been told my entire career
0:52.1	that like this is it. And if you were to leave one of these big
0:55.0	networks, it's over. The value is in the brand. The value is not in you. So when that went away,
1:00.5	I thought, hey everyone, welcome back to superwomen. Today's guest is someone I have known for a very
1:04.8	long time, but I've recently reconnected with. Lillianna Vasquez is the most amazing founder.
1:16.6	She has built a huge business connecting with her community, making me shop when I shouldn't be all the time. But we talk about what it's like to let go of your ego, how to pivot and move forward and recover from something that seems unimaginable.
1:23.6	Take a listen.
1:24.6	Followers are such a vanity metric.
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