A piece of advice I remember from my grandmother is "I can show you better than I can tell you." Proactive action outshines unsupported words everyday.

"My advice for the next generation would be to become self-aware, determined and cultivate personal strengths, constantly evolve, and always show up 100%, provide more value than you receive, and demand equality at every turn."

Kendall Guinn is Chief Marketing Officer at AQUILA, a commercial real estate firm in Austin, Texas, and focuses on the implementation of design and execution of sales and marketing strategies.

"To get a foothold I would recommend looking for an internship with an engineer, general contractor, developer, etc. to ascertain which focus within CRE is most interesting."

"I wanted more, and so I had to be vocal about my ambitions."

"Talk to as many professionals in the industry as possible and find a mentor in your sector of interest."

"As a woman in a large group of executives with a male majority, I was not always readily included."

"You have to be in it to win it, and pushing through those self-doubts, while hard, will give women access to more opportunities."