Annabel Quintero

Annabel Quintero was born and raised in Seattle to Ecuadorian parents. She is a dancer of life, a bgirl (break dancer) and is part of the Seattle Hip Hop community where she co-created one of the first all female Hip Hop events in the 1990's called Invasion of the Bgirls and teaches a dance history class called Mambo 2 Hip Hop.

She holds a certification as a Holistic Health Coach and graduated from the University of Washington in 1997 with her bachelors in Political Science and in 2017 a Master's degree in Education Policy and Organizational leadership.

Her best-selling book, "Step Step Jump", is a story of hope dedicated to helping others transform trauma into triumph. Annabel’s life was irrevocably altered on September 11, 2001 when she narrowly escaped from the 46th floor of the One World Trade Center.

As the founder of The Runa Group, she is devoted to helping leaders understand their story and how they can connect with their audience & teams to align their life journey to their project or business.

Her executive leadership coaching not only trains teams on how to improve their messaging, but they build confidence while being courageously vulnerable, they become engaging keynote speakers and up level their elevator pitch by sharing how they are positively impacting lives around the world.

Quintero has ran for office in 2018 for our 34th district State Senate seat, she has coached over 2,500 leaders in personal development including Marie Forleo, Sage Levine and Elizabeth Yarnell to name a few. She is a proud mother of two, a storyteller and uses her cultural wisdom as a spiritual practice to promote everyone's evolutionary process and contribute to our collective wellness.