I was the first in my family to go to college. I had no idea what I wanted to study, do, or be. At first I majored in public relations.
A few months later a student adviser asked me what I wanted to do, and since I grew up watching Dateline and other newsy shows with [...]
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I began my first job the summer of my 12th year, working in the warehouse of the family moving business. I’ve never forgotten the words my father spoke to me on the ride to work that first day–”Just because your name is Allison doesn’t mean you don’t have to work as hard as everyone else. [...]
I recently blogged about how I got my start, but basically I grew up in a neighborhood of all boys and have been told throughout my life that I couldn’t participate because I was a girl.
In the 6th grade I began proving them wrong by making the boys basketball team (there wasn’t a girls [...]
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