“I came from this position of having to find my space in spaces where I was told I didn’t belong,” said Know Your Value millennial contributor Daniela Pierre-Bravo at an event in Miami on Friday.

Don’t apologize your way into the room, Brzezinski said at an “Earn It!” book event in Coral Gables, Florida, on Thursday evening. “Everyone does it if you’re a female, and it basically undermines your message from the get-go.”