Diane Moca: For decades, women have been walking away from careers after kids came along. And that's essentially what Tracy Mira did, but now many women are remaking their careers by starting a business like, Tracy. And Tracy is an independent sales director with Mary Kay. And she's been selling beauty products for 25 years, but before then you were in corporate America. So why did that change? Tracy Mira: So I kind of went from full-time corporate to part-time. Was still in part-time once my kids were born and I just wasn't getting paid very much either. You know? So again, just like, okay, I'm exchanging these hours for a few dollars. I really was lacking a community and a culture where I was supported and moved up and pulled up and lifted up and I didn't know that at the time, but Mary Kay found me. I had gone to many little parties and most of you know about Mary Kay, we actually share our products around a kitchen table or in someone's home. I went to many of those parties throughout the years. And at this particular one, I asked the girl who was in corporate America before and she was home with her kids doing this business. She was polished, she was professional, she was dressed nice. And I thought, okay, I wish I was back in those days where I could look good and feel good about myself. Because when you are with children, even though you're working part-time, you're still with children and it's kind of like you're all consumed with it and you lack a little self-esteem, you lack a little confidence. I longed for that time or I could be like that again, the way she portrayed herself. So I decided to give it a chance. So scared, so nervous, so unconfident, so nervous and everything else, but, it just made me think I can do this. I can follow our founder who did it and pioneered and blazed that trail for all of us because she knew a woman is important and she wanted to empower women to make them feel great about themselves. That to me, I just, ugh, caught on like fire. Didn't realize it, but I did. And this is why I'm still the same. I love what I do and I get to help a woman feel great and let her be pretty on the outside. Because Mary Kay always said, if you feel pretty on the outside, you feel good in here. And that is really truly the heart of everything we do. Yes, our products are awesome. They're awesome. But it's even more than that. It's about helping a woman feel great about her, that she can do it even despite all the other things. And that's what I love. Diane Moca: So take me back to that time. When you decided to make this leap into direct sales. How old were your kids? What was your life like? Tracy Mira: I was feeling good about being home with my children and being able to be part of their lives and the busyness of that as you know. I did start this business when my oldest, I think he was nine, seven and five. And I think I was just looking when this opportunity came and to be around women, to have something for me. I get to be around winning women and I get to be around all these younger women. They get it, they've gone through the whole college and masters and doc, all the little degrees and they're still doing that but then they realize, no, I don't want to be in that rat race. I want to have a family, a lot of them have families. They want to be able to have it all. A lot of younger women that are struggling with this and it's hard. It's really hard, but they need an outlet. You just do. That's what I'm so big about. And you can build a business and create a lifestyle. Whatever a woman needs and wants and values in her life, she tailors it to what she needs and what her goals are, what her dreams are, what she wants for her life. Not what I want, what she wants. And how can this work for her. That's the way we all want to live. Diane Moca: Yeah. And you know what, as a success you're helping lead the way for this new generation. I thank you for inspiring those women. And I thank you for joining us. Tracy Mira: Thank you so much. Diane Moca: For Talking Cities, I'm Diane Moca.