Monique Rodriguez

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1,123 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2025 last heard 26 Mar

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Yeah, you know, that's interesting.

So yes, I'm from Chicago, Southside, to be exact.

You know, I have both my parents in the household, but, you know, I write about this in my book.

My dad, he did suffer with substance abuse, but he was there.

And, you know, seeing his struggle and what he went through, I feel like that gave me the...

motivating factor and the determination to say, I wanted to do something different.

And my dad passed away in August, unfortunately.

Thank you.

And as I sit back and reflect, I always tell myself he went through the suffering and the pain so that I can run and continue on his legacy.

So I look at the bright side of the life that he lived and the struggles that my mom had to endure and

in order for her to support two kids on her own pretty much.

And she did the best that she could.

And she was really adamant about making sure that her kids knew how to survive in this world.

So I didn't grow up with the mentality of like, I'm going to thrive in life, right?

Or I'm going to be like such and such when I grow up.

Because quite frankly, I didn't have examples of women that look like me that were

you know, business owners or doing something amazing, you know, operating in the boardrooms and running businesses.

What were your goals and aspirations?

Do you even remember?

Yeah, of course.

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