Episode 306- From Undocumented Immigrant To National Reporter: How To Own Your Power + Get What You Want w/ Daniela Pierre
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Daniela Pierre-Bravo, author, speaker and nationally-recognized reporter, joins the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss her path from undocumented immigrant to career success.
After hustling her way through college by paying cash and working 3+ jobs, Daniela found herself using that same mindset to work her way up through 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Now, well-established in her career, she is giving us advice as a WOC through her new book, "The Other: How to Own Your Power at Work as a Woman of Color."
We chat about taking the emotion out of advocating for ourselves in the workplace, finding a mentor to speak for you in rooms you can't go into (yet), being strategic and having a vision for your career moves and more.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
- How hustling got Daniela through college and multiple unpaid internships as an undocumented immigrant in New York City + how DACA changed her life
- The dichotomy between doing whatever it takes to get things done to move forward and being held back by doing whatever it takes to get things done
- Stepping into your power, taking up space and asking for more as a woman of color in your career and life
- Seeing yourself as your own LLC, negotiating as an exchange of goods, owning your narrative + more
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In times where I really got myself down or I felt like I lost it all, because there |
| 0:06.4 | were moments in my life where I did lose it all and I was like, how the hell am I going |
| 0:10.4 | to get out of this? |
| 0:12.0 | And inside of that I would say, okay, Daniela, this is what we're going to do. |
| 0:16.1 | All right, Daniela, don't give up. |
| 0:17.8 | So it was almost like I had my own team cheering me on, but it was like this introspective |
| 0:25.6 | team that I was counting on. |
| 0:27.7 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast, with your host, Jamila Sufron, as a money expert |
| 0:35.8 | who rocks her top. |
| 0:37.3 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:44.4 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in five, four, three, two, one. |
| 0:56.6 | If you want the episode show notes for this episode, go to journey to launch.com or click |
| 1:02.0 | the description of wherever you're listening to this episode. |
| 1:05.2 | In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that |
| 1:10.2 | we mentioned, and so much more. |
| 1:12.6 | Also, whether you are an OG, Jr. or brand new to the podcast, I've created a free jump start |
| 1:18.4 | guide to help you on your financial freedom journey. |
| 1:22.0 | This includes the top episodes, still listen to, stages to go through to reach financial |
| 1:25.7 | freedom, resources, and so much more. |
| 1:28.6 | You can go to journey to launch.com slash jump start to get your guide right now. |
| 1:33.8 | Okay, let's hop into the episode. |
| 1:35.8 | Hey, journeyers, welcome back to another episode of the Journey to Launch Podcast. |
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