In 2017, Xaulanda moved to Orlando Florida and expanded into other industries (i.e., academia, workforce development, etc.) as a Senior Consultant with URBANDER, specializing in Multicultural & Strategic Marketing, Business Development, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Among the many URBANDER projects she has worked on, one of her proudest was in the development of curriculum and facilitation of training with CareerSource Floridato help recent arrivals from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Maria acclimate to their new life in Central Florida and explore career opportunities. It was an opportunity to apply her skills and talents to serve communities that shehas strong ties to. 

Currently, Xaulanda is the Chief Passion Officer of The XauSky Group, a firm she founded to help small and medium-sized businesses find and fuel their passions by providing organizational development, consulting, and culturally relevant training offerings. Additionally, she serves as the 2022 Co-President of the Greater Orlando Organizational Development (GOOD) Network, a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), a member of the National Society of Leadership & Success as well as a member the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM)-VI Chapter. She has also been a featured speaker at the 2021 BW Leadership Academy in Orlando, FL, and guest for the 2021/2022 podcast series of The Forum of Workplace Inclusion in Minneapolis, MN. Further, she recently completed the University of South Florida’s 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certification as well as a 5-Day Business Accelerator intensive, 2022 cohort training with The Center for Micro-Entrepreneurial Training (CMET).

With a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a BA in Business Administration, and MBA in Healthcare Administration, Xaulanda applies sound research and empirical evidence to motivate employees and enhance organizational well-being, performance, and outcomes. As a researcher in work passion, she explores the job, organizational and relational characteristics that influence an employee’s cognitive, affective, and intention state that ignites their harmonious or obsessive work passion, particularly with people of color in the healthcare setting. Her research in passion has expanded to exploring entrepreneurial motivation, environments, and attributes in the ecosystems that supports the success of micro-entrepreneurs. 

This led to the 2022 launch of The Entrepreneur’s Trip, a videocast/podcast that she co-hosts with fellow entrepreneurs, Chris Majocha of UdoU Productions (Orlando/Boston) and Tristian Jones of Trissision Productions (USVI);becomingoneof “20 Women to Watch”from the U.S. Virgin Islands as an author in the “Passion and Purpose” anthology; and Co-Owner of My Girlfriend’s ClosetinSt.Thomas,a boutique that features culturally inspired designs by and for women in the Virgin Islands and around the world. Xaulanda’spursuit of her passions and living on purpose involves not only studying but applying best practices that get to the heart of entrepreneurship and the realities that entrepreneurs’ experience, particularly those that start and run their business in the United States, Virgin Islands, or within the Caribbean diaspora.