On this episode of Promoted, Kenisha (Kenie) Griggs talks about her career journey - from working as a massage therapist and marketing manager to building a career in UX design, and doing it all while raising a family. Kenie talks to her former Merit America career coach, Damisi Fawole, about how she began to doubt whether she was qualified for new roles after taking a break to focus on raising her children, especially when experience requirements felt out of reach. She explains how perfectionism often slowed her down, but learning to trust herself and take action eventually helped her gain momentum in building her new career.

 

Learn more about Merit America here.

 

CREDITS:

Host: Damisi Fawole

Guest: Kenisha (Kenie) Griggs

Creative Directors: Brittany Davis-Green, Anne Keenan

Executive Producer: Deshani Semaan

Created by Merit America





This is a Maed in India production

Head of Production: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Project Manager: Shaun Fanthome

Producer: Ruchi Sawardekar

Director and Video Producer: Jishnu Guha

Junior Producer: Devanshi Chandak  

Sound Editor & Mix Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni, Lakshman Parsuram

Visual Design: Alika Gupta

 

Support Merit America here: https://meritamerica.org/our-supporters/. 

On this episode of Promoted, Kenisha (Kenie) Griggs talks about her career journey - from working as a massage therapist and marketing manager to building a career in UX design, and doing it all while raising a family. Kenie talks to her former Merit America career coach, Damisi Fawole, about how she began to doubt whether she was qualified for new roles after taking a break to focus on raising her children, especially when experience requirements felt out of reach. She explains how perfectionism often slowed her down, but learning to trust herself and take action eventually helped her gain momentum in building her new career.
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Learn more about Merit America <a href="https://meritamerica.org/promoted-podcast/">here</a>.
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CREDITS:
Host: Damisi Fawole
Guest: Kenisha (Kenie) Griggs
Creative Directors: Brittany Davis-Green, Anne Keenan
Executive Producer: Deshani Semaan
Created by Merit America
 
This is a <a href="https://www.maedinindia.in/">Maed in India</a> production
Head of Production: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/?hl=en">Mae Mariyam Thomas</a>
Project Manager: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a>
Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruchi_saw/">Ruchi Sawardekar</a>
Director and Video Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/short___round?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=NWltdHB0Yjl6c2p0">Jishnu Guha</a>
Junior Producer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adriannelenkerismylove25?igsh=ZzVnZ3djdmYxdXc0">Devanshi Chandak</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sound Editor &amp; Mix Engineer: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/?hl=en">Kartik Kulkarni</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/february_31st/">Lakshman Parsuram</a>
Visual Design: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capefoxalix?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=MWtsc2xnOGF0cWZjZw==">Alika Gupta</a>
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Support Merit America <a href="https://meritamerica.org/our-supporters/">here</a>: <a href="https://meritamerica.org/our-supporters/">https://meritamerica.org/our-supporters/</a>.&nbsp;

Promoted is a podcast about how to leave low-wage work for good, produced by Merit America, a national nonprofit organization that creates fast, flexible pathways to well-paying careers for Americans stuck in low-wage jobs. In this series, we join Merit America’s career coaches to chat with their former learners about key challenges they overcame in moving from low-wage work to careers they love–and show how you can, too.

Promoted is a podcast about how to leave low-wage work for good, produced by Merit America, a national nonprofit organization that creates fast, flexible pathways to well-paying careers for Americans stuck in low-wage jobs. In this series, we join Merit America’s career coaches to chat with their former learners about key challenges they overcame in moving from low-wage work to careers they love–and show how you can, too.