Isabella Skrypczak

About Isabella Skrypczak

I’m Iza — a Polish American author, ex-Google People Operations leader, and healer devoted to lineage repair and humanity. Earlier this year, I decided to take the bold step to heed the inner calling to write and form a company devoted towards healing ancestral war trauma. Throughout my HR career, I led People Operations and HR strategy across global teams, hired exceptional talent into their dream roles, and coached managers, directors, and VPs through some of their most complex, sensitive, and defining moments. I resolved conflict, supported organizational change, and partnered with leaders across the U.S, EMEA, and APAC.I traveled extensively, worked abroad in Dublin, and helped shape the evolution of both Google as a company and the Austin site community — something I remain deeply proud of.I gained invaluable professional experience: HR leadership, cross-cultural communication, global mobility, organizational design, talent strategy, and people development.After nearly 15 years in the corporate world — 11.5 of them at Google itself — I chose to finish and publish the book I had been working on for years.My book, A Polish Girl in Siberia: Surviving and Transcending Exile, launches in March 2026 with Disruption Books and is now available for pre-order. It tells the extraordinary true story of my grandmother, a child survivor of the Soviet Gulag who became one of Poland’s great medical pioneers. Translating her memoir became both a literary offering and an act of ancestral healing.Through Iza Clara Healing, I help others release inherited pain and remember the truth that guided my own transition:You were never broken.Your soul is ready.

Experience

1. Author & Translator

   West Wing Writers

   Mar 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Currently in the process of publishing a translated memoir in partnership with Disruption Books, a subsidiary of West Wing Writers. This book chronicles my grandmother’s childhood survival during Stalin’s mass deportations to Siberia in WWII. The book explores themes of generational trauma, historical omission, cultural identity, and intergenerational resilience. Central to the story is the quiet power of human kindness—the small, life-saving gestures of strangers that enabled her survival—and how these acts echoed forward through her lifelong work as a renowned physician. This work interweaves historical narrative with personal legacy, illuminating the ripple effects of compassion across generations and shedding light on a largely overlooked chapter of European history.

Education

• IES International Education of Students

  Bachelor of Arts, International Relations

  2007 — 2007

• St.Edward's University

  Bachelor's Degree, International Relations

  2005 — 2009

• SGH Warsaw School of Economics

  Study Abroad

  2008 — 2008