Aké Satia grew up across three continents: Africa, Europe, and North America. Which is one way of saying she has spent her life learning to belong in rooms she was not born into.

She spent two decades inside some of the world’s largest corporations. She has also spent them living with multiple sclerosis, a fact she kept quiet for a long time and writes about now because staying quiet did not help anyone, least of all her.

Adversity Brings Balance came out of that. She did not plan to write it. She lived it first, and the lessons would not leave her alone until she put them down.

She believes the empowerment of people, rather than arbitrary goals, is the point of most things. She is a lifelong reader, a lover of art, and a great admirer of anyone who keeps going. She belongs to a very close family and considers being a daughter, sister, aunt, and friend to be among her more serious credentials.