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This summer, she led a campaign encouraging girls around the city to wait until they graduate to have children. Her favorite way to give back these days is to mentor young girls one-on-one.

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Loading the player Read More. So I picked up and moved again. The job was pretty interesting. I did the midday show between two people I grew up listening to on Hot 97 in New York. Star and Buc Wild was on in the mornings, and Wendy Williams was syndicated doing afternoon drive.

It was kind of a surreal moment for me because here are two people who I really studied the game from. That station was a challenge. A new program director came in and told me to be something that I'm not. My authentic self was what I always got hired for.

I was there about a year and a half and they let me go. I didn't even see that one coming. They said they wanted to go in a different direction. But the very next day, I had three interviews. And two weeks later, I had a job in New York City writing and producing and doing television programming for Music Choice [a video and music network that delivers songs and videos to TV sets and smart devices]. I also had a part-time on-air shift at Power 99 in Philadelphia. Another commute. Taking that job at Music Choice was an amazing experience for me.

I was able to work under a boss who taught me how to present myself in the industry, how to have difficult conversations when those conversations need to be had, how not to be afraid to ask for the money you deserve. She mentored me in ways to this day I'm so grateful for.

There aren't many women in power in radio. I was often in the boys' club. My biggest challenge is patience. From the outside looking in, people think this could happen overnight.

Sometimes we want something so fast. We see other people getting the jobs that we want. But it takes work and time. It's really about your own timing and believing in yourself. During my time at Music Choice and on-air in Philadelphia, I was focused. I was learning, and I was becoming successful.

But I knew I needed to find a way to build my own brand on the radio. A job opened up in Richmond, Virginia. Russ Parr put me in touch with the program director. They offered me a job, but I was like, I don't know. I'm in New York and Philadelphia. I don't know if I want to go back to a smaller market. I turned it down and told them the money wasn't right. Then they came back and offered me more money. I ended up taking the job, which was the defining moment in my career.

I was able to have my own radio show during afternoon drive, which a lot of females didn't have. We're typically put on at midday or as morning show co-hosts.

We don't have those powerful p. I knew with the power of the Internet, I could build my brand. I realized it doesn't matter what market you're in. As long as you have the content, you can be as big as you want to be. I would look at Twitter and Instagram, and email booking agents and celebrities. I would look at reality shows and see what was trending. From there, I'd go to the reality star's page and find the booking contact and send them an email to get them on the show.

Whoever had a hot album coming out, I connected with that artist. Coming from Music Choice, I learned to build great relationships with artists directly. When stories broke, celebrities would want to do my show. My interviews started to go viral. I was at the Richmond job for six years.

I spent every moment of that curating my brand. I've always been constantly in touch with Hot 97, whether it was checking in with them or calling for advice.

Hot 97 had always been my dream job. I knew one day I'd be there. It took awhile for me to get here. It's not as easy as one interview and you're good. It's a very long process. I came up to interview with the program director in the summer of and I was offered a job to be the music director of Hot 97 in October My first day on the air was filling in for Funk Flex.

He called me and said, "Hey, I'm not coming in tonight, but I want you to do my shift.