SBIA reached out to my team at Linklaters in 2016, and asked us to help with structuring and raising the first Vision Fund. Afterward, I found myself craving the excitement I’d felt when I was working with the SBIA team. When you’re at a law firm, you really only work on a few pieces of the entire commercial transaction. So when SBIA asked if I wanted to join the team, I saw a chance to get involved early, shape the process, and see everything from start to finish.

I had a son when I was 19 years old. Attending university as a single mom was a real struggle, but I did it. I worked two jobs, and still found time to do pro bono work. That experience made me realize that every problem has a solution. It might require compromise, and you’ll probably need to push yourself hard, but there is always a way forward.

Good looks like a collegial environment full of a diverse group of people working toward a common goal. That’s what we have here—people from different backgrounds who are like-minded in their pursuit of creating a positive legacy in the VC world. I’m an example. I don’t have a standard resume. On paper, I don’t fit into the VC world. But I fit in at SoftBank.

Aside from some of the usual things—family time, travel, and food—I’m massively into LEGO. I just completed a 9,000-piece Titanic model that took me seven months to finish. I’m able to tune out everything else when I’m working on a LEGO set. I’m that way with my legal work at SoftBank, as well. It takes focus to apply rules to complex situations, but I love it. And as with LEGOs, I love being involved in projects from every angle, helping to assemble the pieces until it is complete.