Herstory meets hustle. Tech meets truth.
This is more than a conversation about AI, job searching, sales, or diversity.
It’s a movement. A call to every woman of color who’s been overlooked, underestimated, or underpaid: your story isn’t a setback. It’s your superpower.
Join me as I share my journey from poverty to purpose—breaking the rules, breaking the silence, and breaking every barrier in tech that tried to keep us out. It’s time we become our own sheroes—and help others rise with us.
I wasn’t supposed to be here: not in tech, not on stages, and definitely not thriving. I grew up in poverty, became a teen mom, and spent years pushing through stigma, silence, and systems that weren’t built for people like me.
But I kept going.
I earned my degree.
I broke into tech.
And I learned firsthand that the path from survival to success is paved with invisible barriers, especially for women of color.
Now, I’m using my voice to help others rise. Because when more of us have seats at the table, and the power to make decisions, we all win.
I’m here to help you challenge the limits, rewrite the narrative, and turn your own story into fuel.
I wasn’t supposed to win, but I did.
I fought to stay in college full-time while navigating welfare just to survive, right before the laws changed to shut down that very path.
When I graduated and landed a job, I lost my benefits because I made “too much.” No safety net. Just grit.
I’ve never been back on welfare since and I’ve been paying it forward ever since. Not because the system worked for me, but because I refused to let it break me.
Let’s be real: a lot of life coaches out there come from privilege: networks already built, doors already open. When you’ve never had to navigate racism, code-switching, or cultural bias, your advice can only go so far.
I come from a different world. One where success isn’t handed to you; it’s wrestled from systems designed to keep you out. My lived experience, backed by research, shows what many won’t say out loud. Women, especially women of color, are often overlooked, underestimated, and blocked from the opportunities they’ve earned.
That’s why I talk about more than mindset. It’s about strategy. Systems. Speaking the truth and breaking through the ones built to break us.
Even back then, tech had status and better paychecks. Like most male-dominated industries, roles like sales came with power, prestige, and the ability to make more money. Six figures without years of waiting was reachable. But for women like me, especially women of color, just getting in the door was a battle.
I had the training, my degree in Marketing/Business Administration. But I still had to interview more than my peers. I kept getting boxed into pink-collar roles that didn’t match my skills or ambition (and paid far less). Being in a male-dominated field mattered. A lot. Not just for the money, but for the opportunity to grow, lead, and be taken seriously.
Breaking into tech wasn’t just a career move. It was a power move.
One voice can shift the room. Many can shift the system.
Going into sales meant embracing rejection and failure, learning not to take it personally, and counting the small wins.
Sales offered a gender- and race-neutral commission structure, making it more merit-based than many other jobs.
Each failure became a teaching moment, building resilience and skills that led to eventual success.
My career path wasn’t smooth. It was a climb, a hustle, and sometimes a fight. Along the way, I noticed a pattern: many successful women of color had something I didn’t: a sponsor. Someone in the room where decisions get made, speaking their name when they weren’t there.
Getting one of those? That’s the hard part.
I didn’t have shortcuts or handshakes. I had setbacks, rejection, and failure after failure. But here’s what I know for sure: if you’re willing to learn, failure will teach you everything you need to rise.
Every “no” sharpened my strategy. Every closed door built my resilience. That’s how I succeeded: not in spite of the failures, but because of them.
I’ve faced setbacks, doubt, and silence, but I held on and kept pushing. I’ve read the sales books. Built the network. Bet on myself when the odds were against me and came out on top.
But I’m not here just to win for myself.
I’m here to make sure I’m not the only one in the room.
I want to look around and see women from every background—owning their power, closing big deals, and changing the damn narrative. Because the old playbook? The one where men pull each other up while we hustle alone? That hasn’t worked for us.
Maybe it’s time we write a new one—together.
