Rachel Pierre
Founder and CEO of Parlez!
Rachel Pierre is the Founder and CEO of Parlez! based in Austin, Texas. A native French speaker, she spent over fifteen years in computer engineering and program management within FinTech before building a private executive French fluency intensive designed for leaders operating in French speaking environments.
More on my background is available here -> https://parlezmethod.com/press
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Aug. 20, 2026
Executive French Fluency: How Rachel Pierre Turned Language Into Leverage
Rachel Pierre, Founder and CEO of Parlez!, joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to unpack executive French fluency, accent bias, and code-switching — and how she left a 15-year FinTech career to build a business the market didn't know it needed. Rachel shares how leaving computer engineering and FinTech became the doorway to purpose, why cultural fluency — not just grammar — is what unlocks trust and insider access in French-speaking boardrooms across France, Monaco, and Francophone...
Guest: Rachel Pierre