Isabel Peña Alfaro is a freelance contributor to Fortune Recommends. Isabel began her career in public relations, supporting clients like AT&T, JP Morgan Chase, Heineken, JetBlue, and L’Oreal Paris, among others. She then managed communications at IBM for a project highlightint new jobs in tech. She transitioned to freelance writing during the pandemic, in 2020. Isabel's work appears in Fast Company, Time, the Associated Press, and Investopedia, among other publications.