A woman can be successful. A woman is successful. A woman is never less and a woman should never be accepted as less. A woman is powerful and a woman is a leader.
This is what I reminded myself each morning as the first day at my new job approached.
I was gifted and accomplished in sports writing and dreamed of becoming a sports journalist. My dream was approaching only days away at Sports Media US with my first-ever job as a sports journalist in the busy city of Chicago. The first day at my job came and went, and while I was getting adjusted to my job I realized something. I didn’t see many women in the office or any women working as sports journalists in particular and that startled me. I didn’t know whether to feel grateful or a little scared, wondering why many women weren’t working alongside me in the office. Nonetheless, I started working on new tasks and writing new stories she enjoyed and spent lots of her time perfecting them even if it meant staying late.