When I was in elementary school, I wore a T-shirt that read, “Anything boys can do, girls can do better.” I graduated public high school at age 17 and Harvard College at age 21. I became the youngest executive director of a Faith in Action nonprofit organization at age 27, and I was the first Latina to have a family and continue with a career in faith-based organizing. The sky was the limit — or was it? As the years went by and I gained more tenure and seniority, the pace of my growth and emergence as a leader slowed.
