Apr 8, 2019
Garine felt she didn't fit in a rural Texas community,
as a semi ethnic woman. Then, when she wanted to be involved in the
music industry, she realized she was entering a male dominated
environment. Garine decided to figure out how to fit and where she
fit. She convinced people that she needed 'to be in the room'.
Garine made herself fit through perseverance. She got past
stereotypes and moved into why we are here. Garine shares these
powerful nuggets of life wisdom:
- learn who you are
inside
- be persistent
- if you really want something, keep
'knocking on doors'
- if you feel you don't belong, then
listen intently to the message of the person speaking with you.
Often times, this will allow you to see them as an equal. Also,
they will feel that you respect, trust and understand
them.
Garinè Isassi is the author of
the award-winning novel Start with the Backbeat. A graduate of the
University of Texas at Austin, she is a lover of music, chocolate,
and altruistic sarcasm. She is of Armenian heritage and grew up
with one foot in Texas and the other in New Jersey, battling the
stereotypes of all three of those cultures as woman trying to make
it in the male-dominated music business (and other
industries).
She currently lives in Maryland with her family, where she works
full time in marketing communications, sings in a gospel choir, and
is the Workshops Chair for the Gaithersburg Book
Festival.
https://garinethewriter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Garin%C3%A8-B-Isassi-196432960402836/
https://twitter.com/garineisassi
https://www.amazon.com/Start-Backbeat-Garin%C3%A8-B-Isassi-ebook/dp/B01C3Z45XC/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Start+with+the+Backbeat.+book&qid=1554051436&s=gateway&sr=8-2
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