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Warrior

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A book where she looks back on her life so far, from modeling, and cheerleading, to doing sports shows and then the best damn sports show, to eventually she is replacing Lisa Straks on Monday Night Football. She goes through all of the problems she had with either producer or even Charle Gibson who was doing an interview about her for the show but did not care. Here is where you had East Coast people hiring someone from the West Coast and then also looking at her as a model and not as someone who worked her way to the interview and then got hired. A good book.

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I like read biographies and memoirs of people life and I know of Lisa Guerrero doing NFL games and inside edition. I really like book talk about her life and how hard for women to do sports and the backstory doing Monday night football and how brave she was . If anybody love sports should read her book .

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Thank you to Netgalley and Hachette Books for providing this advanced reader's copy of Warrior: My Path to Being Brave by Lisa Guerrero, in exchange for my honest opinions and review.

I remember the game where Bret Favre played his broken heart out the day after his beloved father had passed. I remember how emotional it was for everyone to watch one of Football's greatest players of all time put everything he had into a game, even with a broken thumb (a broken thumb that is constantly talked about in my household while comparing young quarterbacks to the legendary Favre!). I had no clue that Guerrero had interviewed him post-game, but reading about her experience brought back so much nostalgia. I'm sure I watched her interview but I was so young to try to even unpack what a pivotal moment in Lisa's career this was.

As a woman trying to navigate my own career, reading about Lisa Guerrero's tenacity and grit as she strived and worked tirelessly to make a name for herself was absolutely inspiring. Her story is compelling, impactful, and most importantly influential. Guerrero writes of her life and career in cheerleading, modeling, acting and finally journalism, specific parts of her life that not only defined her as a warrior but teaches her readers how to stand tall, have confidence, and how to handle the curveballs that are thrown at you. Her stories about Best Damn Sports Show Period and her year being a sideline reporter for MNF were so infuriating, often making me angry on her behalf; but in the end it was incredibly inspirational to read how Guerrero strengthened her bravery, found her voice again, and forged her own way through journalism to be a trailblazer for the many women behind her. Her words of bravery and encouragement resonated with me and will surely motivate all of her readers to lead with an empathetic heart and an overprepared mind.

Highly recommended.

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I didn’t realize just how much Lisa did with her career! I loved the way she told her story from trying out as a cheerleader to becoming a coach and reporter all while acting too! I appreciate the way she opens up about the industry and she isn’t afraid to speak up about her experiences.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book for the purpose of this review.

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This book was not that interesting to read, which was disappointing. I think I had this author confused with another Hispanic journalist named Jean Guerrero.

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