<a href='http://www.twitter.com/lauraokmin'>Laura Okmin, FOX Sports</a> Sidelines:<ul><li>Lost mother at early age</li><li>Never had a mentor in industry </li><li>Worried too much about &quot;checking professional boxes&quot;</li></ul>Storylines:<ul><li>Named one of Sports Illustrated “Most Power and Most Influential Women” in sports</li><li>Created “Galvanize&quot;, a company/community for aspiring and current women in media </li><li>3rd longest tenured sideline reporter in NFL history</li></ul>

The whole standing on the sideline thing was literal for me and the same for some of these familiar faces (err, voices) you’ll hear stories from on the podcast. We have all been sidelined at some point on our journey, and it’s those moments that play a pivotal role to our storyline.What sideline led you to your storyline?