Power of Perseverance : Circumstances Don’t Define Who You Are

Have you heard the saying,” It’s not how you start, but how you finish.”? Well, for Sergeant Waleska Gonzalez, it’s her lived experience, not just a cliché. After enduring homelessness, growing up in a home with domestic violence, dropping out of school in 10th grade, and overcoming later divorce. She joins the Flip Side conversation on 9/9 @ 5:00 pm EST with how she broke generational cycles, shattered glass ceilings and blazes trails for others as Sergeant Gonzalez, the first Puerto Rican female Pennsylvania State Police Officer. Making her dreams into a reality at all cost, empowered by will, strength and faith. On this journey she discovered purpose, a new-found freedom and ultimately self-love and power.