Not Your Average Barbie

Our guest this week is <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/367671670588479/user/6201746/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXUuucyfF46y0-JyChqg3BatJ8Tc7r7y82XpGJcd4EuedDvTQFgdy3ogNbL08U4lf3vI9bmPqCHkhOaJDEIkhDBd5wJ7EJ9GtKaDA0txRejfmHgv0JZIbe4McxpmueFxCjA9nmfVpEVA0J30daJ4m8E_kD8Km8nwSBeueXr1xm9kYAACXBMdxh_JnbklA3D80w&__tn__=-%5DK-R'>Lauren Lusby Fernandez</a>. Listen to the episode to find out how she went from “Talkback Barbie” to working for the Secret Service. She also reads a chapter from her book. It is an interesting episode and offers some great advice for those wanting to succeed against long odds.   Lauren's Bio: "I graduated from Virginia Tech with my Political Science: Pre-Law degree. I then went to work for the Secret Service Uniformed Division in Washington, D.C. I trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC). After leaving the White House, I utilized my Top Secret: SCI/Full Scope Polygraph and accepted a job with a consulting firm in McLean, Virginia working with the Department of State, CIA, National Counterterrorism Center, and other Intelligence communities. I just self-published my first book, "Talk Back Barbie: The Secret Service Edition." It is a comedy about my experience working with the Secret Service as a girly-girl and my diverse resume. My life motto is: "If you trip and fall, laugh first, then get up and keep going! Because the only way you fail is to never get up." Note: Some minor technical issues during recording that could not be overcome easily. We apologize in advance.