Why is it important for women of color to work in leadership roles and decision-making capacities?
We must see ourselves through mirrors of possibility. I did not see who I am today in my family. I saw hardworking, committed and dedicated parents and grandparents, but they stuck very close to the norm. We must show that glass ceilings can be shattered, not cracked. By having women in leadership with power — because there’s a difference — women of color can create systems and resources that allow for repeatable success, not anomalies.
As a successful woman in business, what is your greatest or proudest achievement?
My proudest moment is when my 10-year-old son imitates me speaking about finance and numbers. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
My greatest achievement is surpassing my mother’s and grandparents’ expectations. They expected me to go to college, get a good job with benefits and to be a productive citizen in society. However, we didn’t have formal entrepreneurs in our family. Everyone worked a job and most had side hustles to make ends meet. But I get to do what I love while making an impact. My family gets the opportunity to experience things and people and places my mother never experienced. I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams, and I am raising a Black boy that will be my wildest dreams.
