She's Got Drive: Black Women Talk About Success And How They Achieved It.

In this weeks episode we have Dr Shalei Simms, Assistant VP of Academic Affairs at Suny College at Old Westbury. She previously joined me at the Apollo.  Her work has been featured in such publications as Group Decisions and Negotiations journal and International Perspectives of Social Entrepreneurship Research.  This is Episode is part 1 In this  episode she shares  When she found her calling  The power of the ‘PHD project’ and her amazing circle of support  ‘The CODE’ she has had to learn to be successful  The challenges that she faced on her Phd journey  How she included her family in her Phd journey  Her moment of faith that kept her in her PHD program  The politics of Academia  Connect with Shalei on instagram on @leileisimms If you are interested in the PHD Project that Shalei talks about have a look at this website: https://www.phdproject.org   She’s Got Drive is produced by Cassandra Voltolina and music by Blonde. Artwork by Natasha Merrifield  Listen on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher and Go