Rethinking her day-to-day
June 2025
Meet Leo - (la-yoh)
Meet Leorimar Pareja Williamson: multilingual, a connector of people, a mom of two, and a former Cats and Macbeth performer who now splits her time between building global relationships and rewriting the rules for how women (and men) engage with technology. She’s lived in five countries, built a thriving career in HR and Comp & benefits strategy - and now, she’s building something else: a new way of working, parenting, and thinking, all powered by AI.
How “She Runs on AI”
Leo didn’t just start using AI. She made a decision to run on it. It wasn’t about adding one more tool to her already full plate - it was about freeing her mind from the tasks that drained her energy and distracted her from the work (and life) she loved.
Take her current trip to London: her first ever! Navigating the famous Tube, figuring out the Airbnb coffee machine, learning why the subway runs on something called an Oyster card (?), and even uploading photos of her plants back home to see which ones could survive a week without water - Leo turned to AI for all of it.
Now, before diving into any multi-step task, she pauses and asks: “Is this something AI could help me do faster or better?”
That simple question became a mindset shift. And it changed everything.
Her #1 AI Hack
“One of the most common things I hear from women is, ‘AI doesn’t sound like me’ or ‘It just doesn’t give me what I need.’ And listen, I get it - I’ve been there. But here’s the thing: not using it won’t fix that.
“What changed everything for me was building AI assistants: basically custom personas (GPTs) trained in my tone, language, and priorities. I have five. One helps me write like the trusted voice I need to be at Inflection. One’s built for thoughtful parenting moments. One helps with coaching, and so on. I just pick the Assistant that fits the moment and let it support that part of my life"
If you want to build your own GPTs, there are great courses out there. One of my favorites is from Section School with Chase Ballard.
The Impact: How AI Changed Her Routine
For Leo, this is Leo 2.0 - a version of herself with a digital twin. One that handles the tasks she’s always been good at, but never truly enjoyed: checking email grammar (again and again), prepping pitch decks for CHROs, or tweaking the same sentence for the third time.
AI became her behind-the-scenes partner - quietly but powerfully giving her time back. Time to think bigger. Time to work on what truly lights her up: storytelling, strategy, connection and parenting.
Her Advice to Women Exploring AI
“The reason you’re reading this is because Adriana O'Kain and I had a dream: to help more women stop waiting for AI to ‘make sense’ and start actually using it.
80% of algorithms are written by men. That’s not going to change if we sit this one out. If you want AI to sound like you, help build it. Train it. Use it. I don’t want us fighting for ‘AI equity’ in five years the way we’re still fighting for pay equity now. Don’t hide behind the idea that you’re ‘old school.’ You’re not. You’re just early.
And involve the men and boys in your life in the process. This isn’t about advancing one over the other, it’s about learning together, being on the same page, and making sure no one gets left behind"
Follow SheRunsOnAI™ for inspiration from women building, thinking, and leading with AI. Let’s ‘Run on AI’, not to run faster but go to places we’ve never been before, together.