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And the same thought, I could have to rate them,

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but I'll tell you what I first thought.

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So back early in my career,

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I really wanted to be a television producer

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and I was also single parent.

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So at the age of 27,

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I became a single parent to a four-year-old

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and I had custody.

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And getting a job in TV New York is really hard,

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especially since the hours.

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And I had a job and I was with a kind of famous personality

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and the show was taping at around six o'clock

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in the evening and it was fine.

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It was tight, but it worked.

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They decided to change it to a late night show.

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So it became an 1130 taping.

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This effectively meant that my job was over

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because it was impossible for me to get daycare.

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It just wasn't possible.

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He literally went out of his way because he valued me

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and he valued community and he showed me what leadership is

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to essentially make an exception.

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And the whole staff kind of rallied around me

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to make sure that I was able to get home for my kid

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to show that you can have work life harmony.