My ability to not be afraid to ask tough questions or to confront, that matters.
I'm definitely a foodie.
I love Jidenna and Leon Bridges.
My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.
The thread that has always connected my family was the news.
I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.
Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.
On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young journalists, and the great feedback I got was that I would not or should not become an anchor because my eyelashes were too long and too distracting.
I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'
When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.
What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
I am followed in department stores. I have walked in dressed professionally or dressed in jeans, and I have walked into stores, and instantly, security is on my back.
We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating.
I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges.
One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party.
I grew a reputation for always asking questions and being nosy.
I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.
