The Woman Behind The Platform

I'm Lauren Garcia

first gen Cuban American, a daughter, caregiver, mom, a pediatric nurse practitioner and entrepreneur.

As a woman with many titles, I’ve built businesses, held space for community, and poured into others, even when I was silently managing grief, health challenges (SLE), and the unpredictable journey of caregiving for my father who’s living with ALS.

I know what it feels like to show up strong when you’re barely holding it together.

I know what it takes to build something meaningful with shaky hands and a full heart. And I believe that strength isn’t about always having it together — it’s about choosing to bloom anyway.

Advocate for Global ALS Awareness and Caregiver Support

Expand support for women entrepreneurs world wide

Build a legacy of strength and resilience

As Mrs. International, I plan to:

Create a platform for women to be seen, heard & celebrated

I’m not just the founder of The Strength to Bloom. I’m living proof that women can turn pain into power, and purpose into a platform. My story isn’t neat — but it’s honest. The Strength to Bloom is rooted in my journey — but it’s built for every woman in hers. And that’s what makes it real.

A platform rooted in service, built on strength, and grown through support.

Fun Facts About Lauren

  • I’ve been on a Times Square billboard.
  • I have my motorcycle license.
  • I was proposed to in Barcelona.
  • I met my husband at work when I was a school nurse.
  • I named my son after my father and my daughter after my mother-in-law.
  • I’m an avid reader — I’ve already read 43 books in 2025!

Featured In:

“The things that bury you may also be the soil where you bloom.”

My Purpose:

To create a global sisterhood, grounded in service, strength, and support

This sisterhood uplifts caregivers, entrepreneurs, and everyday women by providing tools, community, and visibility — starting with ALS awareness and small business empowerment. Because when women are supported, they don't just survive — they bloom. Through storytelling, advocacy, education, and community, we equip women with the tools, sisterhood, and strength they need to keep blooming.

Core Beliefs:

Women are often fighting battles no one sees.

Women deserve support, not silence.

Every woman deserves the chance to bloom.

Awareness

Empowerment

Community

What We Offer

Advocacy

Stories, interviews, and content that normalize strength in struggle.

Workshops, live chats, and tools for caregiving, business, and resilience.

Events and experiences that make women feel seen, supported, and celebrated.

Centering ALS awareness and caregiver support through fundraising and partnerships.

The Strength to Bloom isn’t 

— it’s personal.

just a platform

I’m a wife, mother, entrepreneur, and caregiver to my father living with ALS. I know what it means to hold joy and pain in the same breath. I’ve had to lead while grieving, show up while burnt out, and give even when I felt empty. This movement was born from that reality — a way to turn my deepest challenges into a purpose-driven mission that uplifts other women walking similar paths.

This is about every woman who is fighting for something.

her health, her dreams, her peace, or her voice.

Most caregivers are women. Women of color are underfunded, underrepresented, and overwhelmed. Too many are blooming in silence. The Strength to Bloom exists to change that — by normalizing the struggle, honoring the messy middle, and building real community around resilience. Because no woman should have to bloom alone. 

Digital Campaigns & Storytelling

Educational Workshops

Live & Virtual Events

Let's Bridge the Gap, Together.

ALS Advocacy & Impact

spotlight real stories of resilience and womanhood through IG lives & podcasting.

Adversity, self-advocacy,
caregiver survival skills, and emotional resilience.

From Bloom Social Club to pop-ups, we create spaces for women to feel seen and supported.

ALS fundraising drives,
spotlighting the vast toll of caregiving on women.