For most of my life, I believed success belonged to other people. People with degrees. People with mentors. People who grew up understanding how professional environments worked. People who looked like they naturally belonged in the room. I was raised in South Central Los Angeles by deeply religious Jehovah’s Witness parents. We did not come from money, influence, or elite networks. I built my career without a traditional educational path, and for years I quietly carried the feeling that I sh...

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