Influential Woman · Published author advocate Human Rights Consultant
Tracie Chandler
Founder, Wolf Again
Brecksville, OH
Her Story
About Tracie
I've been a published author since 2010 and have been doing speaking engagements since 1995. Over 30 years ago, I was held captive by my ex-husband in domestic violence and human trafficking, and that experience drives my work today. I advocate for people in domestic violence and human trafficking victims because I understand what they're going through. I became a human rights consultant over a month ago. I also model for Decor Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, which I started doing in 2014. My main focus and expertise is helping people - that's what I love to do. I'm currently working on a new program for young girls of all ages that I'm set to move forward with by late fall. I do book signings and am working on getting my book turned into a screenplay and movie script to show people that I overcame so many things as a young woman, so it can relate to someone else and motivate them - if she did it, I can do it. I recently established a business called Wolf Again that I'm incorporating. I also advocate for people in nursing homes and have helped a friend who is in a nursing home.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Tracie
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think seeing family structure back together is true success. The basic is coming back to finding true success in what our purpose is and why we're here on this earth. That's what I look at - success is about understanding our purpose and why we're here.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
A couple of my friends always tell me to make sure I take care of myself sometimes, because at one time I wasn't taking care of myself. I was on the run and sometimes seemed like I was burned out, and they would give me the advice that it's time for me to take a break. They reminded me that I need to rest and not wear myself out.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Number one, stay focused on your education, stay focused on yourself, and try not to be like other people. Sometimes it can be a lot of peer pressure - young ladies wanting to do what the other young ladies are doing, like drugs or whatever the case may be. Everybody is doing this, but you have to stay focused on your life, because sometimes when you go down that road, it doesn't snap back right away. I remember when I just turned a certain age, this young girl went to school with us, and she got on drugs, and her mind never came back right. Never came back. So you have to stay focused on yourself and not give in to peer pressure.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The opportunities that I want to be able to take now is just getting my work out there, like the screenplay, to show people that I overcame so many things as a young woman. It can relate to someone else - to their daughter, their mother - and give them opportunities to say, if she did it, I can do it. You know, I don't have to stay in this funk that I am in. I want to be able to motivate people with the screenplay that I'm hoping to get out. I'm praying so hard for that.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Seeing people healed, seeing people get along - that matters to me. People coming together more is really important. It raises my attention when I don't see the closeness with people. That kind of hurts me not to see the closeness there, with people coming together and more love and more caring. I just hate to see people like that when they don't have the care or the love for one another. That raises my bar a whole lot.
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