You don't know who's not going to be back tomorrow. You don't know. You just don't have a feel of what your day is going to look like before you get there. And walking into that uncertainty every day is too much for me. As a person that struggles with anxiety, I just knew that that wasn't the right fit. And I didn't want to be a preschool educator forever either
Zakiyyah Frazier
@Ziggy_Chats · 4:55
I feel ready. I haven't felt ready for much of anything for a while now. Life has taken its toll. My career has been up and down and around and around, and finally I found the thing that will settle me. And I know that I can thrive in I know that I can grow within the field of technology, energy, and specifically health care technology
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 1:22
Hearing about your experiences as a teacher and Annie and doing the Google programs, it's so cool. It's super inspiring. And, yeah, I just want to wish you the best of luck. And the imposter syndrome, I think that pops in when we're not actually doing something, so I feel like it pops up to me, like, when I'm waiting to hear back from something or when I'm waiting to start something. It's the preshow jitters, almost
Zakiyyah Frazier
@Ziggy_Chats · 4:39
And I know that my experiences are validated and the work that I've done in my community in Atlanta and my community here where I am now in central Alabama, it's been something that has been in the making for the last ten to 15 years of my life, honestly, now that I'm looking back. I started working with children when and I was a teenager, from babysitting to tutoring to camp counseling, and eventually in the position of lead teacher, lead instructor