As technology and media improves, more and more women are creating success stories, especially during the pandemic where we all had to turn on the internet to continue work and promote businesses. Women are slowly but surely taking over from the corporate business world to the music and entertainment industry. We run businesses differently and our drive to succeed and prove our power is stronger than ever before.
A prime example of a success story is none other than Meena Harris. She is a true advocate for those who are of a similar background as her. The Harvard alumni has shown many that despite the field of work we decide to pursue, we have the ability to write our own success story. Her company Phenomenal – a name that was inspired by a Maya Angelo poem – branched into Phenomenal Woman; an organization and campaign that constantly celebrates phenomenal voices, inspires them and the underrepresented communities to be themselves, not only politically but personally as well. If there’s one thing each of us should continuously remind ourselves of, it’s that it’s important to speak up when something is important to you. Throughout Meena’s life, she has been fortunate enough to be surrounded by powerful women, who have shown the world what can be possible when you work hard enough for it. So that’s exactly what she decided to follow.
Meena Harris went from being a respected lawyer, to pursuing her dreams by founding Phenomenal, recently taking over “Reductress” and becoming a New York Times best selling author. The heartwarming truth behind the books she has released and is going to release in the near future, is that Meena was inspired to write them with the idea of creating diversity, to represent the little girls of color, and to nurture their big dreams into a much needed reality. There is no doubt that Meena is someone who has the soul ability to focus on raising her two daughters, write books, and expand her successful company. It’s clear that she has one goal in her career. And that is to inspire others and to give them a sense of hope of what can be. Meena comes from a family of powerful women – the Harris women – who one way or another, surely know how to revolutionize and change the way things work for the greater good.
Despite all of this, the raw truth is, it doesn’t matter what family any of us come from or those whom we choose to represent, we all have that same chance to use whatever tools are laid out for us to create our own success story and to change the dynamics for our successors. The fact remains, we are all phenomenal, and we have the power to make a big difference.
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