She is one of the most visible faces in television news. For 15 years she has co-hosted MSNBC's Morning Joe program.

But before that, Mika Brzezinski ;s future in television news was anything but certain. In fact, she wasn't sure she had a future.

Through a little bit of luck, a lot of hard work, and a persistence that just wouldn't give up, Brzezinski earned her way back into TV news, and eventually the Morning Joe co-host slot.

I met her in 2010 when she wrote a memoir that was also a motivational book for women called All Things at Once.