A reflection and disclosure of one Black woman’s life chasing the bag In recognition of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2021, I’m disclosing my salary from the past 11 years. My first full time salaried role was in 2010. As a Black cisgender woman, who has mentees and many women…

Why does everyone expect me to be one? — “You’re so strong, you’ll be alright.” “Girl, I don’t know how you do it. You’re so strong!” “I imagine you’re used to getting what you want because you’re so strong.” These are variations of the commentary I have heard throughout my adulthood and Black womanhood from colleagues, friends, family, and…

Changing toxic workplace culture starts with the application process — The stirring of recent racial injustices — the murder of Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and many others — juxtaposed with the mounting cases of and deaths from Covid-19 among Black people, along with the drastically high Black unemployment rate, has spurred me to share how I…

An overview of the hardest year and the conclusion of a decade — It is December 31, 2020. I am finally sitting down to write about the past several months and how my life has changed. However, I feel that no matter what I share or express gratitude for there will not be adequate enough words to explain what it means to me…

Moving from anecdotes to data points — Earlier this summer I wrote about my return to the US following time spent living in Bali — enjoying my peace, taking the time for myself, and being clear on what I wanted to achieve with my full-time employment (FTE) job search. In that article, I mentioned that I hoped…

Does age change a mindset on reality? — In 2019, I had the pleasure of attending the Women In the Black Who’s the Boss Conference in Harlem. It was my first time to the conference and I randomly learned about it while checking out booths at the Small Business Expo held in June 2019. I was very excited…

This may come as a surprise, but I have a hard time expressing myself in written form. I love coming up with catchy or relatable copy as a marketer. However, when it is time for me to put pen to paper—or in this case keystroke to cloud saving document—to share…

From childhood to adulthood, the burdens that weigh on your perception of self — You’re probably asking yourself two questions as you read this. What is imposter syndrome? And what is an elite Black? The first is a little easier to begin with as you’ve probably heard this term used before. According to this Psychology Today article, imposter syndrome is defined as “a pattern…

This piece was originally published in June 2019. It has been a really interesting 12 months for me. A year ago, I left a company that supposedly was on a rocket ship towards crazy wealth whenever its IPO would finally happen. I left with my integrity and character still intact…