EPISODE 70
For Eduardo Placer, the story starts at home
Raised in a Cuban household shaped by exile, education, and resilience, he learned early that how much you know is how much you’re worth. Knowledge was currency. Self-awareness was survival.
He spent fifteen years as a professional actor before founding Fearless Communicators. Today, he coaches presidential candidates and Fortune 500 leaders, helping them find the narratives that define their leadership. He calls himself a “story doula.”
The work turned deeply personal during a night stranded alone on a Colorado mountain in a blizzard. With no service and no rescue in sight, Placer faced a choice: either fear would narrate the story, or he would. That moment reinforced what he now teaches leaders across industries. Storytelling is not performance. It is power.
As a queer Latino navigating masculinity, perfectionism, and entrepreneurship, Placer understands that the stories we inherit are not always the ones we are meant to keep.
In this episode of The Latino Majority, he joins Pedro to explore authorship, identity, and why reclaiming your narrative may be the most important leadership decision you make.
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Eduardo Placer is a sought after global event Emcee, Keynote Speaker, and the CEO and Founder of Fearless Communicators, a dynamic public speaking coaching business that transforms how professionals communicate in moments that matter.
Private clients include Presidential Candidates, UN Diplomats, Industry Leaders, Executives in the for profit and non profit sectors, and social activists. Business clients include HBO, Google, Bank of America- Merrill Lynch, Yale, The Juilliard School, and the Wharton School of Business. He’s a member of The Alumni Society and had the privilege of emceeing the past two Leadership Summits.
Born and raised in Miami, FL, he is the grandchild of refugees that fled Spain because of Franco, and child of refugees that fled Cuba because of Castro. Prior to beginning his entrepreneurial journey, he was a professional stage actor for 15 years, working all over the country in over 38 plays and musicals.
Eduardo has a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Acting from University of California, San Diego.
He thrives with a self-diagnosed, acute condition called SHOWTUNITIS and will occasionally erupt in spontaneous song and dance.
