(This guest post is written by Tanisha Gupta, Commander-in-She winter 2020-2021 intern) Throughout my childhood, I was enthralled by Disney Princesses. Cinderella, Ariel, oh and of course, Jasmine, because she was Indian and “looked like me.” Whether it be my mom...
It’s 5 pm and Anne Doepner is leaving work to get home to her two children, ages 7 and 5. She makes no excuses for this. “I firmly believe that if we don’t have something bucking against the culture, you’ll never get women into these roles,” she...
The email came from a former colleague, one who has struggled to find her footing since being downsized several years ago. “You’re one of the lucky ones,” she wrote. “I’m glad to see things worked out so well for you.” I read the...
One warm day last spring, I found a ladybug in my bathtub. It’s a large, jetted tub, infrequently used but perfect for soaking. Also an unlikely home for a ladybug. How did it get here? And more importantly, how would it get out? A bathtub is not an ideal...
“She is always looking for the next challenge and never frightened by change.” I cleaned out some files recently and found among the paperwork a “360 feedback” from a few years prior. One of the “observers” noted this of me:...
