Award-winning entertainment executive turned political appointee to U.S. President Barack Obama, Valeisha Butterfield Jones, shares with readers her meteoric rise from unpaid intern for music mogul Russell Simmons to Executive Director. In an intimate account, The Girlprint provides young women with a proven blueprint to propel their dreams into action and prepares readers for the harsh realities faced when pursuing the career of their dreams. This obsessive and almost compulsive account of the drive and talent it takes to have it all brings to life the unglamorous, yet rewarding side of the business and the tools needed to accelerate to the top.