This is a must-read book for those who aspire to peek into a unique life of professional and family resilience, anchored in an attitude of mind where failure or setbacks are characterized as a springboard to higher opportunities in life. Mizinga Melu, an ad- mirably successful corporate executive facing and surmounting daunting hurdles on her upward professional mobility, shares some valuable practical principles applicable to broader spheres of organizational and professional leadership ascendancy. Brav- ing the Odds depicts her personal pilgrimage in life in this easy- to-read and inspirational memoir.