Breaking Barriers – A Woman of Color's Guide to Thriving in Tech and (Other) Sales

Breaking Barriers is a practical guide for women of color ready to enter the world of tech sales-an industry packed with opportunity but often guarded by unspoken rules, gatekeepers, and cultural blind spots. Drawing from real on-the-ground experience, Victoria breaks down exactly how to get in: how to position yourself, ace interviews, navigate hiring managers, and decode what sales leaders are really looking for.Once you're in the role, she lays out the playbook no one hands you-building pipeline without burning out, running discovery that earns respect, handling rejection without internalizing it, and avoiding the traps that stall underrepresented sellers early in their careers.This isn't theory or motivational fluff. It's a tactical, lived-experience toolkit filled with scripts, frameworks, and repeatable moves used by top-performing tech sellers.For women of color who want to break into tech sales-and thrive once they're there-Breaking Barriers offers the candor, strategy, and insider knowledge needed to claim your space and build a lucrative, sustainable career. University graduate and an ethnically ambiguous mix, Victoria Brooks, a first-generation, is often mistaken for most races except for what she is.From a teenage welfare mom to an award-winning tech sales pro, her career has been anything but conventional. She's made her mark across diverse fields-from NCAA sports and newspapers to dotcoms, healthcare devices, animal rescue, and big tech-tackling roles in sales, operations, purchasing, and data analysis. Yet, she constantly circles back to tech sales; it just suits her life best. When she's not indulging in a new hobby, Victoria's on a lifelong quest to discover Austin's hidden treasures and local happenings. She's been recognized as a screenwriter for her female-driven dramedies. Sales success has provided access to a life she previously believed was unattainable. She calls Austin, Texas, home,