My first piece of advice is that you must take action. You must take responsibility for your own career. You must make the first move even if you don’t know all the steps that will follow.

I believe there is no such thing as failure if you've learned something. Sometimes we take two steps forward and one step back. Life is rarely a horizontal line. Your past does not equal your future. When the setback comes, pause and write down what you learned. When you are ready, share it. Your breakthrough will unleash a breakthrough in others.

We have a job to make sure that our voices are heard. We have a job every single day to help each other. We have a job to network and make sure that the companies we’re working at have diverse age, backgrounds, gender, etc. This is what will make us better leaders and it will make what we’re building in our individual jobs better.

My number one advice would be to focus on your communication. Make sure you’re vocal and people understand what you need… Don’t take ‘No’ for an answer. Always try to figure out other ways, and look for allies.

There’s no substitute for hard work. There’s no substitute for learning in a tech job. So you have to continuously learn and evolve. Don’t try to fit into wherever you are. You be yourself, and if you think certain things are not done in the right manner, have courage to say why not and fix it