Color Me Brave: Danelle Punche-Caiquo #educator #mompreneur #eventplanner #womenpower

Color Me Brave is a blog series that celebrates amazing women that are both successful in their careers and supportive towards other women trying to make it. This series was created especially for millennial women of color because I want them to see other women of color that have been in their place, walked in their shoes and persevered. Color Me Brave is full of fabulous women leaders with dynamic stories. Enjoy and join me in applauding these industry leaders. To contact our Color Me Brave leaders, please email hello@thecolormeb.com.

Danelle Punche-Caiquo

Color Me Brave: Where did you attend college? Graduate school?

Danelle Hairston: University San Francisco (International business and Spanish minor) and graduate school at USF (masters in education).

Color Me Brave: What do you do for a living? Where do you work?

Danelle: School coordinator, full-time mom and event planning entrepreneur

Color Me Brave: Why did you decide to take on this position? Is it part of a larger plan for you? Danelle: I wanted an opportunity to combine both my degrees - business and education.

Color Me Brave: Are you a member of any professional organizations? If so which ones?

Danelle: Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

Color Me Brave: What are the biggest challenges you face in your job? In your industry?  

Danelle: Translating the business side to the service side of education.

   

Color Me Brave: How do you overcome obstacles in the workplace?

Danelle: I stay calm, talk low and slow, all while throwing in a smile to ease anxiety.

Color Me Brave: What’s something you wish you could tell your college freshman self?

Danelle: Master ways to stay organized: it is essential to success.  Learn how to linearize complex situations with ease.  

Color Me Brave: How can women show their support for other women in the workplace?

Danelle: High-fives, smiles and lending a helping hand.

Color Me Brave: What do you do to relax with your girlfriends?  

Danelle: A great cocktail:  whiskey side car preferably.

Color Me Brave: Anything else you want our millennial hustlapreneurs to know about you?

Danelle: You deserve every success that you get from hard work and making moves. Enjoy every success before moving on to the next. Take time every month to look back on your accomplishments. You have come farther than you think. Believe in your ability to succeed.

Read on in "Color Me Brave" and learn how Dr. Kendra is using her research to help people living with disabilities.

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