Journey To Launch

Episode 306- From Undocumented Immigrant To National Reporter: How To Own Your Power + Get What You Want w/ Daniela Pierre

Jan 25, 2023

46:00

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

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