Ashli discusses having a plan for your career and how to find your voice and advocate for yourself. As the inaugural Executive Director of the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership at Howard University, she explains one of the reasons black enrollment in hospitality programs has been low, and what her future plans are for Howard’s hospitality program. She also encourages women and minorities not to delay, but to “just get to it” as there is “Power in Now.” Her final advice is a challenge to young people: whatever it is you want to pursue . . . 10X it!
