Stella Pollard

“I think I catch people, especially like the engineers and technical people, a little off guard in a good way because I am so different in the way I approach what I do.”
― Alana Karen, The Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay

“When I took the job, I was like, this is a company, but it’s also a little mini universe of opportunity because, assuming success, it’s going to grow and it’s even more than I could have assumed or imagined.”
― Alana Karen, The Adventures of Women in Tech: How We Got Here and Why We Stay

“Perhaps you were made to feel unworthy, as though nothing you did was ever good enough, though you tried—year after year—to please someone who was, on some level, devoted to never being pleased.”
― Karen C.L. Anderson, Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration