I’ve achieved many female firsts in my six years at Navy Yard-based RevZilla, an online retailer for motorcycle parts and apparel, where the majority of our customers and staff are male.

I was one of the first female Gear Geeks (customer-facing product specialist) and the first female team lead, customer service center manager and video host. Some of that growth is typical in a startup — we’ve grown from 50 to more than 400 employees since I started — but a good deal of it came from sheer persistence, passion, independent research, and advocating for myself and our female customer base. I’ve tried to integrate my beliefs into everything I do, and it’s committing to those values that has helped me get where I am today.

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