Editor’s note: “My Story” is where business executives share their personal and professional backgrounds and journeys that have made them who they are, in their own candid words, from the challenges of confronting stereotypes to the glory in overcoming them. Amid calls for racial justice, we can only make real change with greater awareness and understanding — and the ability to learn from each other’s experiences.
Despite what I’m about to share with you, I want you to understand that I really struggled to even begin writing this piece. I realize now that I was paralyzed with fear — fear of your judgment of me and of my story. I wondered if my words would be worthy of your time, your mindshare and if my story could dazzle you.
This is not the first time this type of paralysis has set in for me. My desire to please is deeply embedded in who I am. My mother was a PK (pastor’s kid), a straight-A student, cheerleader and undeniably gorgeous, yet unexpectedly became a teenage…
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