Lucila Lagace is a leadership and communication coach dedicated to helping individuals, organizations and businesses increase their personal and professional success. Prior to establishing her own coaching business in 2005, Lucila spent 18 years as a director of local, state, national and international non-profit and governmental projects and organizations. Lucila specializes in coaching children and adults to successfully interact with others at home, at work and at play. Lagace also focuses on small business public relations, copywriting and event production. After a successful career in management, Lucila now teaches others how little things can make a big difference in creating a civil, kind, and just world. Lucila is no stranger to etiquette, manners and protocol. She was raised by a traditional Mexican mother and grandmother who emphasized proper behavior at all times. The home training came in handy as she made her way up the professional career ladder and across the United States and Central America. To enhance her skills, Lucila trained with the Disney Institute, Interaction Associates, the Protocol School of Washington, John Ben Shepperd Leadership Institute, MOSAICA, and the National Service Executive Leadership Institute.

Lucila maintains residences in McAllen, Texas and Washington, DC.  Her clients include individuals, organizations and businesses in the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Uganda.  As a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Spanish Literature and Sociology, Lucila is a proud Longhorn. Along with her etiquette hat, Lucila also wears numerous extra hats as the founder and past-President of the American Association of Grant Professionals – Rio Grande Valley Chapter, founder and instructor of the SOUL Skills International Leadership Program and an advisory board member of Youth Service America and the Global Youth Partnership for Africa, both headquartered in Washington, DC.