Culture #2
(Visual Description: Lindsey looks through a stack of old photographs.)
Education was a really big part of my childhood. My mom focused on education, and I think that she got that from my grandmother. She was an educator in the school systems in North Carolina and had to educate students and in particular brown students when access to education was limited.
(Visual Description: Lindsey Joyner, Director of Enterprise Recruiting and Programs, Truist)
The two constants in life are change and choice, and I have a passion for finding the possibilities.
My mom raised me on her own, which came with a lot of joy, but also a lot of challenge. The week before I was planning to leave to go to college, we received a call that we needed an additional $5,000 in order for the tuition to be paid to money. The school that wasn't my first choice, stepped in.
I went on campus and decided to make the most of my four years there. When I look back over the four years, I had an opportunity to lead teams to start organizations that would help women of color on this campus. And it's so rewarding to think that all of those things came from embracing something that didn't go my way.
Life wasn't without its challenges from there, though. After college, I met my husband, Andre. He was larger than life to me and to so many others. We married, had two young boys, and we're so very happy. We thought we would spend the rest of our lives raising them together. That night we went to sleep and he woke me up and he said, Babe, you need to call an ambulance.
And Andre was having a heart attack and then I remember when he actually passed and I remember going into the room and the moment of just having to remember to get it together, because I had two boys that I had to go home to that went to sleep with their daddy and would wake up and he wouldn't be there.
(Visual Description: In her most difficult moment, Lindsey decided not to give up on her purpose.)
I choose to move forward as a single mom, raising our two sons and teaching them to face life's challenges and find the possibilities.
(Visual Description: Lindsay spending time with her kids in the park)
At Truist, I get to live out my purpose by helping others see the options available for growth that may never been known. My role enables me to work with others, to inspire them to seek out opportunities, believe in themselves, and open doors that may have previously been closed.
My name is Lindsey Joyner. I'm a Truist teammate and I'm living on purpose.
(Visual Description: Truist title and logo)
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