You’ve been leading for years - it’s time your toolkit caught up.

A leadership reset for mid-career scientists and managers quietly holding it all together.
Reclaim your rhythm. Clarify your contribution. Reset your authority.

It’s 7:08am.

You’re already troubleshooting a hiring delay, fielding last-minute edits to a grant narrative, and calming tensions between two collaborators—all before your second coffee.

The grant came through.
The data is promising.
But the lab is in limbo.
The team is looking to you—not just for answers, but for direction.

You didn’t ask for the crisis.
But you know how to carry it.

Not because you were unprepared, but because your preparation never included this: How to lead humans, not just hypotheses.

If this sounds like YOUR morning, it’s time to stop autopilot and start leading intentionally.

You might be wondering - what should I do first?’

Try the Blueprint Toolkit or read the blog.

You Trained for Precision.

You’re Already Leading.

It’s Time the Language Caught Up.

You are:

  • The scientific backbone of your team—and the emotional buffer

  • The one mentoring, managing, troubleshooting, and translating

  • The structural support no one documented, but everyone leans on

You’re not burned out from the science.
You’re boxed in by systems that never taught you how to lead within them.

You’re trusted, but not always protected. Essential, but sometimes still outside the decision room.

Named on the grant, but left off the senior leadership invitation.

You are the fastener beneath the frame. The thing holding it all together—until it buckles.

You Don’t Need to Prove Your Expertise.

But You Deserve to Reclaim Your Leadership.

This is not about getting louder. It’s about getting anchored.

Reclaim your time, your influence, and your energy—before you get lost in the hustle. I help early and mid-career scientists, faculty, and STEM professionals recognize their authority, protect their time, and lead creatively with clarity and care.

Through tailored coaching, team development labs, and soul-aligned strategy tools, you’ll learn to:

  • Name your influence with precision

  • Navigate systems that don’t provide clear roadmaps or resources

  • Lead across labs, projects, and people, without losing the reason you started

Reset. Realign. Rise. Build your leadership edge in science with online courses and coaching.

Get funded. Get published. Get promoted.

  • Tools for grantwriting, academic promotions, and visibility planning.

  • Best for: Early- and mid-career researchers

PROPOSAL PREP TOOLKIT

Make collaboration your leadership edge.

  • Modules on team dynamics, communication, and conflict

  • For Lab managers, PI-track faculty, and cross-functional leaders

GRANT STATEGY SUPPORT

TEAM SCIENCE SUITE

For scientists managing $1M+ missions.

  • Support with aims pages, budget justifications, and role scoping

  • Best for: Mid-career scientists, large-team PIs, and center leads

Professor. Strategist. Team Science Expert.

Professor. Strategist. Team Science Expert.

I’m Dr. Maritza Salazar Campo, professor of management and team science expert at UC Irvine.

I work with scientists and leaders who carry the weight of critical work, without the formal training, title, or institutional playbook to match.

If you're the one holding it all together behind the scenes, I'm here to help you lead with strategy, protect your energy, and take your next step without apology.

Ready to stop spinning and start leading?



DO THESE STATISTICS SOUND FAMILIAR? READY TO BE THE EXCEPTION TO THE NORM?