In this episode, we hear from Dr. Goodwin about how she grew up in a competitive environment, and has built great resiliency as a leader who is willing to step up at critical moments and take responsibility, even, and especially when things are not going well. Her multicultural experiences in the East and the West make her comfortable as “the only one” in many cases-- the first in her family to attend college, the only female Dean at the University of Hong Kong, and the only Asian American female Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Goodwin reflects that she may have poked a few holes through the bamboo ceiling by working hard and resisting biased perceptions others projected onto her based on her multiple identities. She believes that overall, society as a whole is making progress (yet very slowly) towards equity. We discuss how the complexities of human behaviors and identities make it impossible to isolate and analyze a leader through a single lens, like gender. Let's hear what insights and advice Dr. Goodwin offers through our conversation.