"From the time I was hired on Oct. 24, 1983 until I was let go in 2008, I was largely the only female car designer at the company. I was doing all this work but I was not getting promoted. I was watching Ford hire male designers and seeing them get promoted. They even started hiring female designers that were getting promoted before me,”"

"I also understand that family comes first and motherhood is a huge part of my identity."

"I understand women driven by their careers, as I am one of them."

"There is nothing a woman can't do. Men might think they do things all by themselves but a woman is always there guiding them or helping them.""

"There are periods where you are not spending as much time with your kids due to work, and there are times when your work is pushed to the side because you need to walk away from the company."

"They make it look like it, but it's not that's why people can file chargebacks or have pending transactions."

"If they want them and there is a demand, then it will naturally have value."

"It is usually distributed through a blockchain, which is referred to as decentralized."

"There are games that actually have virtual currency that have real value in the real world, Second Life’s in game currency, Linden dollar, is trading in the real world against other currencies."

"What crypto does is provide instant settlement,"

"I found myself managing hundreds of servers and also having to provide tech support all while running an organization for some time."

"Blockchain resources are scarce in our industry because technology is evolving at a fast pace."

"I would describe it as digital money or virtual currency."

"This led me to launch Guapcoin, which I felt could eventually open up more capital and more options for people like me."

"It's very, very close to the virtual currencies we use in gaming."

"After all crypto Guapcoin is essentially money, and as the days go by, it becomes closer and closer to becoming accepted as legal tender everywhere."

"Cryptocurrency is peer to peer, so you're not having all of these middle processors like banks involved, and transactions are faster."

"Once you send it, that's it, unless they send it back to you."

"I am the Co-Founder of Block4Hire.com, a platform that connects blockchain talent with budding entrepreneurs and companies."

"I am the CTO of Black Wall Street, a cryptocurrency wallet and community aimed at empowering investors of color."

"I am the Founder and Creator of Guapcoin, a cryptocurrency focused on closing the wealth gap and providing access to crypto for African Americans, Latinx people, and the global African Diaspora."

"The biggest challenge I faced was one of the exact adversaries I was attempting to solve."

"My experience would lead me to doubt that Negro businesses can grow to large magnitude in the South without feeling something of restraint, as well as a certain sense of insecurity."

"I am a founder, blockchain engineer, technologist, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience."

"It is the access to funding for founders of colors."

"If you are using your debit card or your credit card, it's really not instant settlement."

"It really is less red tape than moving money, therefore making it more affordable than services like Western Union or MoneyGram."

"I could be no happier than giving service to my people"

"Chicago, in my opinion, is the capital of Negro America"

"an effective probe into how African Americans spend so much money that overwhelmingly leaves their communities.”"

"The people here are accomplishing things. The atmosphere is one of commercial striving, endeavor and promise."

"It could actually be cheaper in the long run for you to use crypto to move money to people across the world."

"You need to ask yourself what are your unique strengths that you are bringing to the table and lean into that."

"Well, I think what I've tried to do here and what’s worked so well for me is ‘do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.’"

"I'm so very proud of the young people that are out there leading these demonstrations, and it's peaceful protest and proud that they're doing that on their own volition."

"It’s not only about having a seat at the table."

"It’s hard to call out one specific person or pivotal moment."

"Every position, interaction and experience have shaped the leader I am today."

"This was my second startup, it was during my first startup, a company called 'Safe2meet', a P2P verification platform, that I discovered that Black women get less than 1% of VC or capital funding for their companies."

"It was disheartening that my partner and I despite being two successful black women in tech could not raise the money we needed to scale our MVP."

"But we have these young people from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all religions, all colors, everything which is absolutely amazing. But they're fighting for the same basic civil rights that we fought for back in the sixties. That's just seems unfair— to have to fight for the same thing all these many years later. But that's what we have to do. And I'm proud of them for doing it, and we're still participating."

"My final challenge was finding blockchain talent and resources to support our project."

"Anyone aspiring to climb the ranks of leadership in finance, or any industry, should remember that their voice matters."

"I had to hire offshore resources on a shoestring budget."

"Thanks in part to the wonderful education I received from Kellogg, I’m making a difference in the lives of incredible people and changing the future of retirement, one client at a time,"

"When I decided to pursue a graduate business degree, I knew I wanted to study at an institution with a global reach that would prepare me for the full scope of my professional journey."

"People have created value with those things."

"Only together can we create real, lasting change. None of us can do it alone."