On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young journalists, and the great feedback I got was that I would not or should not become an anchor because my eyelashes were too long and too distracting.

Someone - a man - advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.

When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.

I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.

I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'

Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.