like to believe that I have the best job because I'm responsible for driving economic growth
across our entire city. We're working to make sure that as our economy grows, that as our city grows,
our workforce and the people that live across our city also have the right to win and to grow in
those different sectors. So growing up in North Lawndale shaped my path to public service. I grew
with my grandmother and my mother my grandmother was considered to be the
grandmother of the block you could always go to if you needed a meal if you
needed advice if you needed direction she lived a life of service so every day
when I do this work I do it in honor of her in terms of balancing motherhood and
work there really is no balance there is give and take my approach towards both
is that I lead in love with both.
The advice that I would give to women in general
is to never stop dreaming.
It's easy to lose sight of all of the things
that get you excited and get buried
into just the day-to-day things that come up in life,
but not to lose sight ever of your dreams.
They're still attainable, and they help to drive us.