About Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra
If you have a puzzle fully assembled and you take one of the pieces and throw it away because it was damaged, the puzzle will never be whole again.
Some things can’t be replaced — and neither can the systems of thought we abandon before understanding them.
Welcome to the vibrant world of Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra—affectionately known as Dr. Thought—Chief Thought Officer and Self-Mastery Cognitive System Architect at Wait a Green Minute (www.waitagreenminute.com)
🌟 A Visionary Leadership Advisor: Renowned for her expertise in core-culture development, executive leadership, self-agency, self-exactness, and self-empowerment, Dr. Marie is a sought-after leadership advisor and the creator of the A.L.I.G.N.® Research-Based, Proprietary, Comprehensive Self-Mastery Methodology—an original framework designed to advance cognitive development, leadership growth, and transformational learning across disciplines and boundaries.
🚀 Fields of Expertise:
Dr. Marie is the architect of a proprietary copyrighted, interconnected self-mastery methodology encompassing PUZZLEyOU™, The Betweenverse™, and A.L.I.G.N.®—a tiered system advancing self-agency, leadership precision, and cognitive development. She specializes in developing original tools for self-verifying, self-governance, and self-exactness, equipping high-performing individuals and leaders to operate with deeper clarity, alignment, and self-system fluency. Her pioneering identification of Secondhand Scarcity Syndrome™ reveals a hidden cognitive misalignment that disrupts personal, financial, and professional success. The Cognitive System Literacy™ framework is woven throughout her methodology, fostering advanced awareness of thought patterns and internal systems of operation.
🎓 Academic Foundation: Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra earned her doctorate in Organization and Leadership, with a minor in Learning and Instruction, from the University of San Francisco. Her research focused on cognitive development, mental fortitude, and the internal dynamics of impostor syndrome—forming the basis of her dissertation, “Investigating the Self-Efficacy Awareness of Black Female Technology Leaders.” This academic foundation became the catalyst for her Cognitive System Literacy™ framework and her broader leadership methodology, designed to drive impactful change in education, entrepreneurship, and systems leadership.
🔍 Passion for Empowering Lives:
Fueled by a deep commitment to personal empowerment and transformative impact, Dr. Marie serves as a loan committee member for the 1(7)-certified California Financial Development Corporation, Nor-Cal FDC. She also previously held a board seat with the University of San Francisco’s B.A.S.E. initiative (Black Achievement Success & Engagement), contributing her insight and leadership to support equity, advancement, and community excellence.
🏆 Accolades and Recognitions:
With more than 16 local, state, and national honors to her name, Dr. Marie’s achievements include appointments by both the Obama and Trump administrations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Finance Advisory Board. She was also appointed by the Schwarzenegger administration to the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education Advisory Committee, reflecting her enduring impact across sectors.
🌍 Global Impact: Dr. Roberts De La Parra extends her influence internationally, contributing to economic sustainability in underserved markets within the United States, Spain, the Canary Islands, and West Africa. Her remarkable career includes being recognized as a Fellow of the Global Citizen Alliance in Salzburg, Austria.
✨ Always Planning to Do More: Dr. Marie's journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to empowering individuals, businesses, and communities. Her story continues to unfold, always with a vision for doing more and creating lasting impact.
Step into the system where empowerment meets design. Discover Dr. Marie's leadership architecture at Wait a Green Minute.
Cognitive System Literacy™ with a structured framework, not just an idea.
This book introduces a new language for cognitive development that begins with middle school learners
— a system designed to decode how students learn, not just what they learn.
Endorsed by experts in education policy and learning sciences, this guide validates a new field: Cognitive System Literacy™, starting at youth.
PUZZLEyOU™ activates metacognitive awareness through self-decoding — middle schoolers identify their brain’s learning patterns and begin to operate from that understanding.
Thoughts with a Twist — by Dr. Thought
Elevate Your Thoughts with Threaded Thinking™
In the realm of unspoken thoughts and untold emotions, Dr. Marie took a whimsical leap — creating a playful, alternative avenue for cognitive empowerment. The result? Thinking Wear™, like a hoodie. But not just any streetwear.
This carries the spark of her signature phrase and brand: "That’s Craptacular™."
A wearable reminder that sometimes, life delivers spectacular B.S. — and you don’t have to absorb it.
Defined by Dr. Marie Roberts De La Parra as:
"Events that revert to lingering thoughts meant to distract you from your purpose — also known as spectacular B.S. That’s Craptacular."
More than fashion, this is stitched philosophy. Each thread speaks to:
Self-agency
Self-belief
Self-value
Self-motivation
Self-empowerment
Self-importance
Every inch is infused with encouragement, crafted with love, and built to uplift — a core expression of Threaded Thinking™.
Curious to explore this distinctive product? Visit www.ThatsCraptacular.com — where playful messaging meets self-mastery. It’s not just streetwear. It’s a wearable “no thank you” to distraction — and a bold yes to your purpose.
