Dana Cadena

At just 19 years old, Dana Cadena was selling mortgages to put herself through Seton Hall University. Years later, she would go on to lead a billion-dollar real estate brokerage in one of the nation’s most competitive markets.

With nearly three decades in real estate, Dana has coached mortgage professionals since 2004 and real estate agents since 2012.

Today, she’s a Broker Associate, Co-Founder of the Arrived Mega Team at Compass in New Jersey, and Founder of Overachiever Central, where she’s committed to supporting ambitious people to increase their earning power, and build lives they genuinely love.

Dana is also a contributing author of Breaking the Glass Ceiling, sharing her perspective in Chapter 21 of the book, now available on Amazon. Some of her proudest moments aren’t measured in sales volume or commissions, yet in watching the families of professionals she’s coached thrive—including their children attending Ivy League universities and accessing extraordinary opportunities.

Her greatest lessons, however, have come through motherhood, the unexpected loss of both parents, and discovering that professional success doesn’t mean having every part of life figured out simultaneously. Dana believes deeply in living a life of no regrets and having more honest conversations about money, confidence, personal fulfillment, and the extraordinary potential people too often underestimate in themselves.

Now proudly calling Compass home, Dana is energized by the opportunity to collaborate with high-performing, fulfilled professionals throughout the Compass ecosystem.

Her philosophy moving forward? Rise, elevate others, and repeat.