This week, I had the opportunity to talk to the amazing Priyanka Phalod Client Solution Manager @LinkedIn.

Priyanka deviated from the beaten path that would have had her married and a mother a soon as she finished school.

With the help of her mother, she overcame the traditional female role and societal bias and is now a role model to other young women who are looking to forge their own path in the world away from the traditional options society would push them into.

She shows that it is hard but possible to build a life following your dreams and passions.

In Priyanka's won words:

Growing up in India, in a traditional Indian family, when the clock struck 18 and high school was history, I feared that I would be coaxed into marriage - and that did happen as that’s the acceptable norm. However, I have a very determine ...