I think part of the reason I love my comics lead OC, Markesha, is because she Just. Doesn't. Give. Up. Home girl can be curb stomped by fate and she'll still get up and keep going. This passion, determination and tenacity makes her powerful and inspiring to me.
I also love the way she interacts with her team. She doesn't put up with her coworkers dumb jokes or flirting. She can tell when he's being a doofus and when he's being genuine.
I love that she's patient with her other coworker and despite the fact this engineer has communication problems, Markesha's pretty respectful of that and her.
I love that she calls her own boss out on his BS on the reg.
And I love how much she loves and cares for her Dad. It's a difficult relationship sometimes, but her loyalty to her father means she'll do anything for him, even things she really, REALLY doesn't want to do. And all of it to keep him happy and safe.

She's just a kickass character that's always underestimated, but is a freakin badass and despite all of her flaws working hard to be a good person.
If y'all wanna check out Markesha for yourselves you can read all like 250+ pages of her story at the link