Gina Zapanta

Founder / Lifestyle Influencer

Lawyer/Co-Founder of Z.A. Lawyers

Advocate, Mom & Wife

Gina created the Empowered with Gina (EWG) platform to address what she personally knew capable women, like herself, encountered on their growth journeys: self-limiting thoughts, mom-guilt, imposter syndrome, lack of accountability, limiting societal and cultural expectations, toxic relationships and rarely any practical ways to achieve an abundant, powerful and empowered mindset from other women living in their true empowerment.

Gina grew up in Whittier, California and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Throughout her life of many failures, successes, divorce, cancer, re-marriage, blended family of six kids, surrogacy and being an entrepreneur of multiple businesses, she continually felt outside pressures demanding more of her and the inside thoughts that she wasn’t doing enough. It became a vicious draining cycle where life was happening to her…… and not for her. She knew she didn’t want to continue living in a draining whirlpool and that she couldn’t be the only woman who felt like that. That’s when she decided to do something about it. She took a leap of faith, bet on herself and choose to change her mindset to demand an empowered life for herself- at all costs. 

Board of Director Involvement

• USC Latino Alumni Association, Corporate Advisory Council

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Foundation

• Latina Lawyers Bar Association, Advisory Board

• President of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Louisiana