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Sometimes You Have to Cross When It Says Don't Walk: A Memoir of Breaking Barriers
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Lesley Visser is living proof that, no matter where you start, if you are motivated and passionate, your dreams can come true.
When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. The job didn't exist for women in 1964, but her mother—instead of suggesting she become a teacher or a nurse—replied, "Great! Sometimes you have to cross when it says, 'Don't walk.'"
That answer changed Lesley's life. Even though no one had done it before, it gave her the strength and self...
When Lesley was 11, she told her mother that she wanted to be a sportswriter. The job didn't exist for women in 1964, but her mother—instead of suggesting she become a teacher or a nurse—replied, "Great! Sometimes you have to cross when it says, 'Don't walk.'"
That answer changed Lesley's life. Even though no one had done it before, it gave her the strength and self...