Curry’s career has always contained many parts, each added layer equipping her with confidence to tackle the next. Her advice to a younger, less-assured version of herself? “I would tell myself

not to quit and to just press forward but, most importantly, not to let the noise of the world and the negativity that comes from it change who I am, what I love, or what I sought out to do,” she says.

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