The Corporate Misadventures of Corissa Collins explores semi-biographical anecdotes from the authors combined with experiences from friends and colleagues within large Fortune 500 organizations.

This #ownvoices narrative tells the experiences through the lens of a young woman of color, newly minted with a degree, as she joins the professional workforce straight from college. She navigates this terrain as a first-generation college graduate, moves away from home, acclimatizes to social circles completely foreign to her, all while trying to circumvent the career

limiting traps largely unknown or underappreciated by her white counterparts. Each chapter explores an aspect of daily life within “Corporate America” from the glaringly overt to the “blink and you miss it” experiences that go along with being a diverse person in a largely homogeneous office environment. The novel explores many challenges from: imposter syndrome, microaggressions, and ‘code-switching’ to the uncomfortable truth about elevating beyond your previous socioeconomic status and the presumptions that come from your family and friends around your wealth (‘black tax’).

This book aims to help BIPOC/women at large navigate these predominantly white spaces and can also serve as a look into the everyday life of people of color for allies.