Your SalesVision COO & Owner Gillian Ortega IMMIGRATED to the USA in 1979 with a dream in her heart of living in the richest, freest country in the world.
She only had $20 in her pocket BUT she had a “DREAM!” She believes 100% If God has given you a DREAM he HAS given YOU the ABILITY TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAM. But the doors of Opportunity are MARKED PUSH!
Her Beginnings were meagre at best, Nanny, Waitress and once her Prince Charming asked her to marry him, she tried out from a radio ad to be an NBA Cheerleader without any prior experience. You see she had a NEED…..to earn the $ to buy her WEDDING DRESS. When YOUR “Why makes you Cry…I believe the SKY IS THE LIMIT!” Look for the “GOD WINKS, Gillian will always share with you!”
The NBA Cheerleading SQUAD selected her because they said with her “infectious enthusiasm about life and work ethic she was coachable and trainable.” She cheered for the NBA Kansas City Kings for 3 years before the Team relocated to Sacramento and are now renamed the Sacramento King’s.
She Married her Prince Charming a few years later and YES she earned the money for her Wedding Dress.
She went to College for Computer Science and landed a job in Systems operations before graduation, running and operating the IBM System 36 from 1981-1987 for a Major Company in Kansas City.
Gillian and her husband Vince had their first and only child in 1985, a son Vincent Ortega.
When Mary Kay entered her life, as everything she has done since arriving in the USA she focused on it 100% to earn $ to leave her Corporate Job behind in pursue of a Career where she could work out of home and raise her son. The rest is History. She gives GOD all the Glory.
She earned 14 cars with Mary Kay, including 13 pink Cadillac’s.
She earned the title National Queen’s Court of Sales her first year as a Director and earned her First Diamond Ring along with her Unit reaching the $450,000 Unit Club all in her FIRST full year as a Sales Director!
As a New Director she earned the title of “Head Of Her Class” as she blazed the train to the the #1 spot in her Director Class of 250 Director’. As a result she earned a private 2 Hour Dream Casting session with Mary Kay in Dallas. It was one of the Highlights of her journey to Success.
For Gillian many nuggets of Wisdom were shared with her by Mary Kay in that God Ordained moment….this by far was one of my favorites and so true.
“People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps!”
Mary Kay’s philosophy was all about “People & Love - NOT Profit & Loss!” When I left that day I was more focused than ever before to make her PROUD of my FUTURE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Gillian was in the top 10 at her seminar FOUR times.
She led her unit to the Million Dollar Circle Of Excellence FOUR TIMES and made History as the First and Only Million Dollar Director in Kansas City, Missouri. She still holds that record as we write her Accolades.
She was RUNNER UP to the QUEEN OF UNIT SALES reaching over 1.1 Million Dollar’s in Sales that year and earned a STUNNING Diamond Bumble Bee for that achievement along with a 5 carrot diamond ring and a Prestige all expense First Class LUXURY Trip.
She reached the following Units clubs each year as a Director $450,000, $500K twice, $600K, $650K Twice, $800K, $850K and 3 times the MILLION DOLLAR UNIT CLUB! Her Highest year was 1.1 Million. Her Unit combined reached over $6,100,000 in Sales in her Role as a Director.
She has earned incredible rewards that go with those Unit Clubs with 21 all expense paid trips around the world…to Hawaii twice, Switzerland, Vienna, France, Venice Italy twice, Milan twice, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, England, Greece, China, Venice, Australia, England & Ireland and an all EXPENSE paid trip this year on a Private Charter Cruise (The Silver Sea’s) Around the GORGEOUS Coastline of Spain and France.
This year in 2019 she earned an EXCLUSIVE NSD trip as Mary Kay Chartered a SHIP just for NSD’s & Their Husbands to Cruise around the Mediterranean, starting out of Portugal, Spain. In 2020 they will head on an all expense paid trip on a Private Charter (“The Silver Sea’s) on a cruise to the GORGEOUS country of Alaska all expenses paid.
Her unit still today is a TOP TRIP WINNING UNIT REACHING from $800,000 to a MILLION every year since she has been an NSD.
She has earned nine diamond rings from the company weighing in at over 35 carats.
She earned the title of National Go give for the company in the year 2000, the highest honor in Mary Kay earning the Gold Heart Pendant from the company adorned with Diamonds. This award is not something you can WIN….it is an award voted by your peers
Her Highest Paycheck in one calendar month was over $33,000 with Bonuses Received that same month.
She is an International Trainer for the company teaching and motivating women all over the United Kingdom, Scotland & Ireland. She was Pivotal in opening up Mary Kay United Kingdom in 1993 in teaching and training the Sales Force.
She is a Mary Kay Multi Millionaire earning Millions from her Leadership Prowess.
Before she retired from her beloved Mary Kay Inc….her area produced over $57 MILLION DOLLARS in RETAIL SALES.
Something she is so incredibly proud of. Gillian is CLEAR the DOLLAR AMOUNTS SOUND IMPRESSIVE…..but her GOAL LIKE MARY KAY THE WOMAN’S was to CHANGE the LIVE’S OF EVERY SINGLE WOMAN she was BLESSED TO KNOW. Her WIN’S REFLECT 100% THE LIVES WE CHANGED as the Unstoppable Ortega National Area. She is CRYSTAL CLEAR on that and today loves every one of them she was blessed to know and Love on their “Journey” though life together!”
She is a Best Selling Author. Wiley & Son’s one of the Largest Publishers in the USA…..published her book and it is available on amazon.com
In the book, Gillian shares with you her journey from Ireland to America in search of the “American Dream” and the women who impacted her success story on her journey. It continues to be a Best Seller today. The title “It’s not where you start, It’s where you finish!” can be purchased at your local book store or on Amazon.com.
The Book has gone Global and is now translated in three languages, Chinese, Vietnamese & Russian.
She is motivated by God’s plan and purpose for her life….she is incredibly FOCUSED about passing on her PASSIONATE DREAM of leaving IRELAND AT THE VERY YOUNG AGE OF 18 IN SEARCH OF THE AMER-ICAN DREAM to women who feel they JUST CAN’T DO IT!
Gillian Believes IF YOU HAVE A DREAM IN YOUR HEART…..THEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THAT DREAM!
She has a Deep Appreciation for Mary Kay the “WOMAN” who taught and trained her along with countless others that put her on a trajectory that so many never thought she was capable of. She is so grateful to Mary Kay, her Family and Mary Kay Inc. They are the reason I am the woman I am today.
“Mary Kay Ash earned a place in history when she stepped out in a man's world to blaze a new path for women. Recognized today as America's greatest FEMALE entrepreneur, Mary Kay created new opportunities for women around the world. Her revolutionary move led to a multibillion-dollar success. In the process, she earned a place in the hearts of millions for her giving spirit, unwavering values and inspiring belief in the power and potential of women.”
One of her Favorite saying’s that has stayed with Gillian her entire life is….
“If one more woman see’s how GREAT SHE IS TODAY, then it has been a GREAT DAY!” Gillian has lived her life on Mary Kay’s Philosophy!
Gillian is Married 38 years this year to her Prince Charming Vince, who is a retired Deputy Chief of the KCMO PD and currently Deputy Director of COMBAT for Jackson County.
She has one Son Vince Jr. He runs and operates his own company & is one of the TOP 20 Internet Marketing Coaches in the USA. She has a beautiful Grand Daughter Aria Giovanna who is 6 years old; a Grandson Skyler Cruz, who is 4 and little Cute Princes Kahlani Reign who is 11/2 years old!
One of her favorite quote’s “ARE YOU WILLING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO BE COMFORTABLE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?”
Gillian’s PASSIONATE DESIRE is that A DREAM is SPARKED in your heart, so that YOU too will go after YOUR AMER-ICAN Dream. The last four letter’s of American are “ICAN”