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" I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate. "

Stacy Brown-Philpot

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" I grew up in the city of Detroit, where a lot of people didn't have work opportunities, but they were good, hard-working people, including I had a single mom who took care of me and my brother. "

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" I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception. "

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" Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be. "

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" In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family. "

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" I walk into a room, there's one or two black women. There aren't that many because the pipeline of talent just isn't there. "

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" It was never an option to not succeed. "

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" There are always people looking for extra income. "

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" My dad owned Cadillacs all my life. "

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" The big problem is that a lot of Americans, whether they are underrepresented minorities or from rural areas, do not know about career opportunities in the tech industry because they may not have had role models who are part of this field or learned about STEM in school. "

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" My mother was a single mom, and she was a claims adjuster at an insurance company. She actually dropped out of school - she was going to become a registered nurse - because she had to take care of me and my brother. "

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" When I was 14, I remember wanting a Coach bag, and my mother couldn't afford it. I decided at that age that I was going to grow up and get a job so that I could buy as many handbags as I wanted. And no one was ever going to stop me. "

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" When you walk into a room, and you're the only one of something - the only woman or the only African American - that immediate feeling of loneliness happens. "

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" I know what it's like to be afraid of the police. When you see a police officer, you don't immediately feel safe. You wonder what you've done wrong and what could happen to you. "

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