Modern Latina Book Club: More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You . . . and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz
“In More Than Ready, Cecilia Muñoz poignantly captures the challenges that women of color face as they try to compete on an uneven playing field, coupled with uplifting advice from her experiences rising to the height of her profession. Cecilia gives us insight into the critical lessons that helped her realize she, and we, are more than ready. If only I could have read this book when I began my career.”—Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama and author of Finding My Voice
Join the Modern Latina Book Club as we begin reading More than Ready: Be Strong and Be You . . . and Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise by Cecilia Muñoz on January 18, 2021.
In More than Ready, Cecilia shares advice and inspiration for women of color seeking new heights of influence, from the “incredible” top Latinx advisor to President Obama.
Women of color today are contributing to an unprecedented wave of “firsts”-whether they are the first in a family to attend college, the first to serve as CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or the first in public office, women of color are reaching new heights of influence.
Cecilia Muñoz was a first, too, and she knows what it means to make her way without exemplars to follow. The first Latinx to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council, Muñoz draws lessons from the challenges she faced as the senior Hispanic person in the Obama White House and as a longtime powerful voice in the Civil Rights Movement. She shares her insights, along with those of some extraordinary women of color she met along the way, as an offering of inspiration to women of color who are no longer willing to be invisible or left behind.
Full of invaluable lessons about working through fear, facing down detractors, and leading with kindness, Muñoz provides the thoughtful insight and tactical tools women of color need to be successful-without compromising who they are.
We hope you join the Modern Latina Book Club as we start 2021 with a book to inspire and provide you with the tools and encouragement for us to be leaders while staying true to our authentic self.