Primetime MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle takes the national stage each night, holding politicians accountable and breaking down the country’s most complex problems. Her main setback? “I really can’t read the teleprompter," she says.

The former finance savant turned political powerhouse has dyslexia, a learning difference she only discovered once she was an adult.

Before a career in broadcast journalism, Ruhle spent years rising up the ranks in investment banking, an industry that typically starts employees in research to learn basic but crucial information.

Sitting down with TODAY.com for Dyslexia Awareness Month in October, Ruhle explains that she was "desperate to get out of research because I can’t read." So, she quickly worked her way into sales.

Because of her rapid rise in the rank

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