Today we’d like to introduce you to Brittni Cuevas.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I grew up in Michigan and spent the first 20 years of my life there. I went to Grand Valley State University, where I studied Spanish Language and Literature, and when I was 20, I met my now-husband, Jacobo, who is from Morelos, Mexico. He was visiting family in Michigan, and I happened to be helping with GED tutoring through his family’s church. He asked me out on my 20th birthday, and that relationship ended up changing the entire direction of my life.
Over the next 12 years, Michigan and Mexico both became home. Jacobo and I traveled as much as we could throughout the U.S. and Mexico, and I slowly went from visiting Mexico to actually building a life here. Along the way, I built a career that allowed me to work remotely and gave us the freedom to continue moving between the two countries.
About two years ago, we decided to make Morelos, Mexico, our home. Today, we’re raising our two boys, Santiago and Javier, in the mountains of Tepoztlán. I work remotely, have built a community of moms here in Mexico, and recently started writing about motherhood, culture, and life between Mexico and the U.S. through my Substack, *Between Two Worlds*.
My life looks pretty different from what I probably would have imagined growing up in Michigan, but Michigan is still a big part of who I am. So is Mexico. A lot of my story has really been about building a life between the two.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It definitely hasn’t always been a smooth road. One of the biggest challenges has been figuring out where I belong while building a life between two countries and cultures. I had been coming to Mexico for years before we decided to make it our home, but visiting a place and actually building your everyday life there are two very different things.
That became especially apparent when I became a mom. When we moved to Mexico with our first son, I found it much harder than I expected to find community. I would take him to parks and activities hoping to meet other moms, but often found myself surrounded by children with their nannies instead. I remember feeling surprisingly lonely, especially because I had already spent so many years in Mexico and thought the transition would come more naturally.
Eventually, I realized I might have to create the community I was looking for. I started a WhatsApp group for moms with babies and young children, and little by little it grew into regular get-togethers and real friendships. That community eventually became part of the reason we moved to Tepoztlán.
There are still hard parts about living so far away from Michigan and raising my kids in a different culture than the one I grew up in. There are things I really miss about home, while at the same time I genuinely love the life we’ve created here. I think I’m still learning how to let both of those things be true at the same time.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
My entrepreneurial journey started somewhat unexpectedly a couple of years after finishing college in Michigan. My husband and I decided to give away almost all of our possessions and travel the country in a van. We did that for three months as I started my first remote business as a distributor for an MLM company. That introduced me to the world of online business, entrepreneurship, and the possibility of building a career outside of a traditional 9-to-5.
From there, I transitioned into working as a virtual assistant, supporting course creators and business leaders. What started as a way to earn an income remotely grew into a career I truly enjoyed. For the past six-plus years, I’ve worked behind the scenes helping business owners manage the details, systems, content, and day-to-day pieces that allow them to focus on growing their businesses. I think one of my strengths has always been being able to see what needs to happen behind the scenes and figure out how to make it happen.
One of the things I’ve loved most about this work is the freedom it has given me to create a life that doesn’t have to fit into one place. I’ve been able to travel and live between Michigan and Mexico while continuing to work remotely and build businesses and projects of my own. As I’ve continued learning and growing, I’ve explored different creative side businesses, including selling digital content on Etsy. Most recently, I started a Substack called *Between Two Worlds*, where I share about motherhood, everyday life, and raising a family between two different cultures.
I think what I’m most proud of is having the courage to step outside of the traditional path and continue figuring out what work can look like for me as my life changes. That has meant taking risks, trying things that didn’t always work, learning new skills, and creating ways to earn an income that give me the flexibility to prioritize my family and the kind of life we want to live.
Living between Michigan and Mexico has also become a big part of what sets me apart. I’ve spent years moving between two countries, languages, cultures, and ways of life, and I think that has shaped the way I approach both my work and the things I create. It has taught me to be adaptable, curious, and willing to look at things from more than one perspective. That perspective is becoming an even bigger part of my work now through *Between Two Worlds*.
Can you talk to us about how you think about risk?
I think some of the biggest risks I’ve taken haven’t necessarily been financial ones. They’ve been the risk of putting myself out there and doing something different from what the people immediately around me were doing.
When I first started in multilevel marketing, I was asking people in my existing community to come along with me in something that was completely new to me. I had to publicly share what I was doing, talk about products I believed in, market myself, and risk hearing no—or having people misunderstand what I was trying to build. There’s a certain vulnerability in letting people watch you try something before you know whether you’re going to succeed. I think learning to be comfortable with that was one of the most valuable things I took from that experience.
That willingness to take an unconventional path has shown up in a lot of other areas of my life. My husband and I gave away most of what we owned to travel the country in a van. I chose to build a career remotely instead of following a traditional 9-to-5 path. Eventually, we built a life between Michigan and Mexico, and I’ve had to create community and figure out what work and motherhood look like for me along the way. Even starting my Substack and writing openly about my life between two cultures feels like another version of that same risk—choosing to be seen.
I don’t think of risk as being fearless or making huge decisions without thinking about the consequences. For me, it’s more about being willing to tolerate the discomfort of doing something different. Sometimes that means being the first person in your immediate circle to try something, knowing other people might not understand it yet.
Looking back, some of the things that felt the riskiest at the time also taught me the most. Even when something hasn’t turned out exactly the way I imagined, I’ve usually walked away with skills, relationships, or a new perspective that led me somewhere I wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.
Pricing:
- Passport Member Monthly $8 (Substack, Between Two Worlds)
- Passport Member Yearly $80 (Substack, Between Two Worlds)
- Founding Passport Member $220 (Substack, Between Two Worlds)
Contact Info:
- Website: https://brittnicuevas.substack.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittnicuevas/
