Growing up, I was told that I had to choose one career path that would be my destiny. But the day I graduated from the University of Florida, I realized my dreams were too wild to tame with just one solitary job title.

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So here’s the rundown:

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I was a high school teacher for six years, eventually being promoted to department chair. Between classes, the young ladies in my class would come to me with their most pressing friendship issues, and I’d do my best to coach them through it.

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Then I became a publicist, and worked with diverse groups of high-achieving women to help them get more attention for their brands. Between meetings, they, too, secretly confided in me about their friendship desires.

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That's when I realized that at every stage of womanhood, we're trying to navigate our platonic relationships with other women.

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So now as a member of the American Sociological Association, I use study what the research has to say about women’s cooperation, communication, and conflict.

 

I leverage that knowledge in my business Friend Forward to help women make informed decisions about their relational health, and our work has been featured in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and led to a book deal with Hachette to write about the function of conflict in female friendship.
 

When I’m not speaking on women’s friendships, I’m running TELL Public Relations, an agency to help women-led brands get more visibility for their businesses. I’ve seen firsthand how the art of public relations can bring attention to brands who are doing really meaningful work, and I’m committed to helping other women of color achieve the same things that I’ve been blessed to experience.

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So yes, I believe in being a woman who does "all the things".

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​Because when a woman has work to do, she doesn’t limit herself.