Dr. Jenna Taglienti

And so I think that...

put up this like force field where people didn't really see me as a person.

They didn't know if they could trust me.

And it led to some challenging situations, but I was able to learn a lot from it.

And she's an incredible mentor, Dr. Zetella, and she works at Northwell.

One that actually changed my trajectory was probably after that first year of being a program director.

The learning experience was, I mean, the learning curve was super steep.

And what I learned, you know, I had to hear some really hard feedback, but actually opened my mind to listen to it and actually grow from it.

That changed my trajectory because it changed my entire outlook on the way

people lead?

What is effective leadership?

What does it mean to do this job?

Am I any good at it?

Should I keep going?

All of those questions, like maybe I should just quit.

This is like not working out.

But no, because I did have fabulous mentors.

They saw something in me

And somebody told me this, just be yourself.

Like you're a likable person.