In this episode, we discuss:
* Her thoughts on leadership: “Leadership is really plugging in. It’s wanting to be at the source of the action. It’s a connection between playing (engaging) and moving things forward.
* Why she feels comfortable being part of the group that moves things along.
* The influence her mom had on her upbringing as a single mom and head of household.
* How she landed a prestigious internship right out of high school and how it prepared her for new opportunities across the world.
* How she wasn’t discouraged by the stack of “no, thank you’s” she received very early in her career.
* The importance of doing internships in different places and how learning and experiencing different areas and cultures can be so enriching.
* How her 6th grade English teacher opened her eyes to advertising.
* Finding her “home” in advertising in high school and making commercials.
* Her first job working with Town & Country in an advertising world that had only just begun to transition to computers when she had graduated college.
* The roots of her entrepreneurship journey.
* How she found her first clients through the people she already knew in Boston.
* Why she has chosen to focus on clients who are from health and home.
* How she nurtures and sustains the outer layers of her network.
* Why she feels that professional and personal development are so important.
* Her nimbleness moving through the world.
* What she’s looking forward to.