Denise Mazone blazed a new trail for people of color in January when she was installed as 2022 president of the Minneapolis Area Realtors.

Mazone, owner and operator of Mazone Real Estate in Minneapolis, is the first African-American to hold that leadership position. But she’s confident that other people of color will follow in her steps.

In the following interview with Finance & Commerce reporter Brian Johnson, Mazone talks in depth about her equity goals, her own real estate path, the outlook for home sales in 2022 and more.