Empowering Women
Throughout history, the female presence has been underrepresented in the business world.
Women always want equal pay and equal treatment. But first we need to achieve equal status with our male counterparts, and I feel that this begins with us; women need to respect and support other women.
You don’t have to be in a leadership role to support another woman, I believe we always have something to offer in terms of knowledge, ideas, creativity and listeners for emotional support.
Let’s stop judging each other, let’s stop the gossip, let’s stop tearing each other apart, let’s stop trying to be the queen bee. We need to stop thinking of other women as some sort of competition, we need to see each other as women with different talents and start loving, supporting and complimenting each other with our talents.
There are many ways to be successful. Now it seems like everyone wants to show the rest of the world that they are successful. Often times, it’s very superficial and material. There are many ways to define success and many ways to react to it. Some people can be quite humble and others need to tell the rest of the world in order to be satisfied with themselves.
For me the definition of success is being able to see the talent in every woman and to support them in their journey to develop their maximum potential.
I wish that more women realize that supporting, mentoring, and cheering for each other does not take anything away from oneself.
In fact, I am a believer that the more you give, the more you receive...
“We must be the world we want to see; we must do the things that reflect the kind of world we want.””
Tania Interian is today’s guest blogger and Born in Mexico City, Mexico, the second of four children. She lived her childhood and part of her adulthood in Mexico City. Tania earned her Law Degree in Mexico City and worked there as an attorney until she moved to the United States in 2000, where she currently lives with her family.
After arriving in the USA, Tania worked as a volunteer at C.A.S.A. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) working as a sworn-in-officer of the court. She represented abused and neglected children in Court that were in need of a safe and permanent home. She also worked as a volunteer for the Family Justice Center as an interpreter for non-English speaking victims of domestic violence.
In 2008, Tania started her career at State Farm, first as a team member, where she proved to be a valuable employee who distinguished herself with her attention to customers’ needs. State Farm recognized her potential and the need for a bilingual agent in the St. Louis metropolitan area and after a challenging and competitive selection process, she was chosen to start a demanding training program that took over 3 years in which she had to consistently prove to the company through different competencies that she will be a long time, engaged and productive State Farm Agent.
Tania opened the doors to Tania Interian Agency, State Farm in 2013 and in July 2014, Tania finally signed her lifetime contract with State Farm.
As a State Farm Agent, Tania has been helping the Company continue to build a strong presence in the fast-growing Hispanic community in Illinois and Missouri with a fully bilingual & professional team of Agents that share a passion for educating the community about risk and insurance.
Tania is actively involved in community through sponsorships at events, educational seminars and is always looking for ways to give back and strengthen the community she lives and works in. She has been closely involved with the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois and for many years she served on the Board of this organization. While Tania’s main work is as an insurance agent, she also sees the need to serve as a reliable resource and advocate for the Hispanic community.
Outside of work, Tania enjoys spending time with her husband and her two beautiful daughters, who are always the inspiration for everything she does, as well as her rescued dogs Lola and George.