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You’ve been a Wall Street executive, and now you’re busy with your own career-coaching consulting firm. What convinced you to run for public office? My run for office was somewhat serendipitous. I have always been interested in politics, but with a busy Wall Street job, I didn't have much time. I left Wall Street in April 2019; at an event the following month, I was seated next to a woman who was running for US Congress. We discussed politics all evening, and she suggested that I run for office. That fall I bumped into the same woman at another event in midtown Manhattan. She introduced me to some of New York's political players, and my name began to circulate within the Republican Party. In January 2020 the Manhattan GOP asked me to run for office. Which issues did you run on? My main platform was helping to revive the economy of the district post-Covid-19. I worked with restaurants and small businesses to get them re-opened safely. The security of our residents was another issue – specifically the need to address the rise in crime and support the police. What did you learn from the campaign, and how did you grow as a result? I learned that you will never please everyone, so you need to stand by your own convictions. I am much more confident in my positions after running for office because the campaign forced me to deeply study the issues and refine my ideas so that I could articulate them in a succinct manner. Where did you grow up, and what was your childhood like? I was born in Manhattan; my family lived in the East Village. When I was six, we moved to New Jersey, where I had a normal suburban childhood – playing outside, riding my bike. My parents were loving and supportive, and I have nothing but happy memories of my childhood. My life changed dramatically at 18 when my mother died suddenly of a heart attack at the young age of 42. I lost my best friend that day. It was difficult to navigate adulthood without her, especially when I was going through a divorce. I now reflect on her death as the life event that was the most instrumental in shaping who I am today. What prepared you for a career on Wall Street? I grew up with two brothers and many more boys in my extended family; if I wanted to keep up with them, I had to operate at their level. No concessions were made in my family for being a Tamara Lashchyk Wall Street executive, author, career coach, candidate for public office – Tamara Lashchyk’s bi - ography reads like the success that she is. After 26 years with Wall Street financial giants Deutsche Bank, Mer - rill Lynch, and JP Morgan, she found - ed TDL International to help mid- to late-career professionals reinvent their careers. In 2019, she received the Women of Wall Street Award, which honors “passionate, ambitious, and brilliant women for their influence in banking and finance [and] their em - powerment of the next generation of female financial leaders.” In Novem - ber 2020, she ran as the Republican Party candidate to represent District 66 in the New York State Assembly. The heavily Democratic Manhattan district encompasses TriBeCa, SoHo, Greenwich Village, and part of the East Village, home of The Ukrainian Museum. While Tamara recognized the challenge that she was up against in winning the seat against a 26-year incumbent, she embraced the experi - ence and, as always, grew from it. What has shaped this very success - ful Ukrainian American woman, what drives her, and what can we expect from her in the future? Our Life editor Romana Labrosse had an opportunity to ask Tamara those questions in a re - cent interview. Meet Our Life | Наше життя February | Лютий 2021 26
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