...
The hotel of the event is full, lights, voices, presence.
It's an important event, and you can feel it. I walk confidently, recognizing faces.
Businesswomen, managers. Women who have built... like me.
"Clara."
I turn my face, one of them approaches. She smiles.
"It's nice to see you here."
"Likewise."
We exchanged greetings, then another. And another.
Little by little... I realize, I'm in the right place. Not as a guest.
As part of this, as someone who belongs.
Conversations flow; projects, ideas, opportunities.
My name is no longer unknown, my company... neither. And that... it fills me.
Not of empty pride, of satisfaction. Because I know what it has cost me to get here.
Because I know who I am, and what I can do.
I stop for a second with a drink in my hand, watching th
