I was working in those environments where I didn't see any people of color at the time who looked like me who were in leadership.

So I was really wanting to find mentors.

Really it was not just mentors who looked like me.

I think you can have mentors who don't look like you.

But it was more about if you don't see those examples, are you going to be able to rise yourself in those environments?

And I think that's what made me so fearful was, was I personally going to be able to advance or get ahead if I didn't see people who looked like me.

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Today, our guest is Lauren Wesley Wilson.

She is the founder of Color Com Inc.

which is a national platform dedicated to advancing people of color

in the communications industry.

Color Com encompasses a membership organization,

national leadership conferences,

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