It makes sense that Anne is an entrepreneur because it’s in her DNA. She grew up with parents who are self-made, so she understands the journey. Her dad built a construction company and her mom built and sold several businesses.
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Travel is a priority for my family.
Here she was, unemployed at 40. This was an unusual situation for Michelle because she’d always been on the rise in her career. She had 2 job offers that she was considering. One was a VP of Product Operations at a healthcare company and the other, Senior Product Manager at a software company.
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I’ve designed my life with intention.
It was 3:00 a.m. and Kristin’s brother’s friend was ringing her apartment to get access to her building. She was scared because she thought he was there to rob her. Then the phone rang, and it was her dad. “Andy shot himself.”
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I promised my mom I would get my degree!
Julieta came to the U.S. with $100 in her pocket, spoke very little English, didn’t know anyone and had no immigration papers or social security number. She was born in San Diego, so she was an American citizen, but her family moved back to Mexico without ever finalizing her paperwork.
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East Coast Style
Danielle’s style priority is comfort over trends. She focuses on wearing clothes made of materials that feel good on her body.
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The Teacher
Dr. Meghan Walsh is reluctant to lead with titles & CV’s. It’s the thesis behind her strategy to collaborate together on featuring women Docs on a style & fashion blog. In her professional culture, it’s all about the CV, the research and the degrees. The humanity of doctors gets reduced to accomplishments.
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The Internist
Dr. Veeti Tandon was inspired to become a doctor when she was 8 years old. Her grandpa had eye surgery, which was videotaped, and given to him. Veeti found the tape and watched it. Riveted by what she saw, which was very invasive eye surgery, she knew she wanted to somehow make medicine part of…
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The Internist
When Wendy was in 8th grade, her 2nd cousin died young from “brain cancer” that nobody ever talked about. Her intuition always told her that something felt “off” about the situation. Later in life, she found out that he actually died of AIDS and always wished that she would have known he was sick.
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The Neurologist
When Tenbit was a teenager, her family immigrated to the United States from Ethiopia. The political state of the country was uncertain and her dad wasn’t safe because he was a journalist. So, her family of 8 moved to the U.S. and settled in South Minneapolis. One of the biggest cultural shifts for Tenbit was…
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The Pediatrician
As a young girl, Dr. Sonja Colianni was always drawn to helping younger kids, and worked as both a babysitter and a nanny when she was a teen. She loved school, didn’t mind homework, and knew she wanted to be a pediatrician from the 3rd grade on. There was never any question in her mind…
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