Alicia Menendez

"Women and girls across cultures are socialized to care what other people think about them."

"What I can tell you for sure is that women who don’t care were just out there living their best lives, marching to the beat of their own drummers."

"Confusingly, there are a lot of women, like myself, whove been given both sets of feedback, whove been told that they are too much or not enough, which just tells you how subjective and context-specific that feedback can be."

"“I am constantly inspired by immigrants—many of whom have taken tremendous risks in pursuit of a better life.”"

"“Ten years ago I wish I would have understood that you can’t force your moment.”"

"“Fifteen years ago I wish I’d focused less on selling myself and more on deciding whether or not I wanted to invest in others.”"