It’s more difficult for women of color because we are not the default, like whiteness is,” Chang said. I’m usually considered, but I’m never picked, and that’s been my whole life … I’m good enough, but I’m not great enough,” said Milizaki. It soon became evident that her unique experience with caregiving was one that she knew people could learn from. We need access to all of the insider secrets that propel our white counterparts to promotions and raises. She toyed with the idea of writing a book, but had no idea where or how to start.
Tears welled in Janel Bell’s eyes as she thought back on her struggle to make sense of her purpose. “This brings back a lot that I hadn’t really thought about in a long time, that isolation. I’ve always been a think-on-my- own, I don’t follow the crowd type … I’m pretty much self-made,” she says, reflecting on her search for someone to guide her professionally. “It can be very isolating when you don’t have anyone else as like-minded to really connect with.” After 25 years of raising children, the 47-year-old mother of 10 thought that there was absolutely no one who could relate to her experience, let alone help her craft a new career...
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