For over four years, she's worked on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion as the CEO and cofounder of The Melanin Collective — but never in a climate like today's.
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, her inbox has been flooded with requests from corporate and nonprofit leaders. They want change, and they want it fast. But at the same time, she felt many were not respecting her.
Over the past few months, she said, business leaders have yelled at her, sent her demeaning emails, and even questioned the existence of racism in corporate spaces, despite her expertise and her lived experience as a disabled Latina.