A candid memoir of a young woman navigating corporate America from recession-era grad to rising leader during COVID. Honest, witty, and relatable, it invites readers to embrace growth and uncertainty without claiming to have all the answers.
Dayna Adelman is brewed with a passion for storytelling, the thrill of a travel adventure, and the love of a good challenge. Driven to doing things outside the box, she has taken a more unconventional path to finding personal and professional success. That is, if convention is defined by the New York community in which she grew up.Her career as a corporate affairs professional has taken her to live in four countries on three continents, where, in her first decade, she continued to defy the odds as the youngest-and sometimes only female-in the room.Dayna is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in journalism and dramatic art. Go Tar Heels! Her greatest love is her family. Dayna feels a deep sense of gratitude for her wonderful mother, immense respect and admiration for her sister, and endless amounts of adoration for her three nieces.At the time of publication, Dayna is the head of Corporate Affairs for the Indonesian subsidiary of a multinational corporation. She currently resides in Jakarta, Indonesia.