Built by a survivor.
Powered by purpose.
Own Your Next exists because survivorship care ends too soon. We are here to change that.
Our mission
To empower women to move forward after breast cancer by reclaiming their identity, confidence, career, and future, on their own terms.
Our vision
A world where every survivor has the support to rise with confidence, clarity, and purpose. Where coaching is recognized as essential to survivorship care, not optional. And where no woman is left to rebuild her life and her career alone.
The program I needed did not exist, so I built it.
I spent years coaching high performing executives to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Then everything changed the day I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
When treatment ended, everyone expected me to go back to normal, to pick up right where I left off. But I was not the same. My energy had changed. My focus was different. The confidence I had coached in hundreds of other leaders suddenly felt out of reach for me.
I had excellent doctors. I had therapy. I had support groups. What I did not have was anyone helping me reconnect with my values, my identity, or the woman I was becoming. There was no space to reimagine what life and leadership could look like after survivorship.
That is when I realized two things. I was not alone in this. And the very thing I needed did not exist.
So I decided to build it.
While I was pursuing my master’s degree in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting at NYU, I met Alexandra Noll, Erin Woody, and Yumi Kobayashi, three powerhouse coaches and leaders with deep experience in human capital, finance, and organizational strategy. They saw the same gap I had lived through, and they joined me to fill it.
Together we created Own Your Next: a coaching program and community that helps women reclaim their identity, rebuild confidence, and boldly define what comes next in their careers and their lives.
I have led teams of up to 600 people at Victoria’s Secret, GUESS, and Gap. I have 25+ years of leadership and coaching experience, and today I partner with C suite leaders on decision authority, strategic influence, and executive presence. But the work I am proudest of is this one. My path, from first generation immigrant and single mother at 18 to cancer survivor and nonprofit founder, is the heartbeat of Own Your Next.
If you are somewhere in the middle of your own version of this story, I want you to hear this from someone who has been there.
Survivorship is not the end of your story. It is the beginning of your most powerful chapter.
Gina Martin, MS, MCC
Founder and Managing Director, Own Your Next
Gold Stevie Award Winner, Mentor or Coach of the Year | Forbes Coaches Council | Master Certified Coach (MCC), ICF | MS, Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting, NYU
What we believe
Belief 1
Success is a return to self, not just a return to work.
We measure our impact by how fully a woman reclaims her identity, her voice, and her values.
Belief 2
Survivors deserve more than survival.
Our Thrivers are not trying to bounce back. They are ready to rise, on their own terms.
Belief 3
Community changes everything.
Healing moves faster when women walk this road together, in a space where no explaining is required.
How we work
Own Your Next is delivered in small quarterly cohorts. Each Thriver receives one to one coaching with a certified professional coach, group coaching with her cohort, guided reflection and practical tools, and a private, HIPAA compliant portal that keeps everything in one secure place.
Our coaches are experienced executive coaches who volunteer their time. Every coach is vetted through a formal application and selection process and trained to support the emotional, cognitive, and professional realities women face when returning to life and leadership after breast cancer.
We do not simply coach women back into their careers. We walk with them as they rebuild identity, confidence, and purpose.
Own Your Next was founded on March 14, 2026 and is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are women founded and women led. Participation is offered at no cost to every Thriver we serve, made possible by the generosity of our supporters and our volunteer coaches.
Gifts to Own Your Next are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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Our board of directors
Own Your Next is guided by a board of directors representing coaching, medicine, academia, human
capital, finance, and organizational strategy. Every member volunteers their time and expertise so that
each Thriver we serve receives empathetic, high impact support in a safe and confidential space.
Every one of them serves as a volunteer, because they believe survivors deserve more.
Join us
We are always looking for experienced coaches, mission aligned partners, and people who want to fund
a Thriver’s next chapter.
Believe in what we are building?
Own Your Next is a women founded, women led 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Participation is offered at no cost to every Thriver, made possible by supporters like you. $500 sends one woman through the full eight week
journey. Your gift funds her coaching, her secure portal, and the community that helps her rise, and it is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.