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In this episode, our guest is Desiree Coleman Fry, an accomplished executive who helps moms balance work, wellness, and womanhood. She is a recipient of the 2022 DNI Champion Award and 2019 Rising Star and DNI Award and has been featured in prominent media outlets like the New York Times, Business Insider, and PBS.

During our conversation, Desiree shared her inspiring journey as a working mom and how she manages to juggle all of her roles and responsibilities. She discussed her advocacy for workplace equity and how she helps mothers live abundantly, love their babies, and level up in their career.

We also delved into the concept of the concrete ceiling, which is a term used to describe the additional barriers that women of color face in the workplace. Desiree shared her thoughts on the importance of recognizing this barrier and gave credit to the author of the article in the Sanford Social Innovation Review that introduced the concept. She also referenced the term “Me Search” and how it made her feel seen.

We highlighted the punishment gap and how people of color and other marginalized identities are punished more harshly for making the same mistakes. It was noted that while progress has been made in terms of gender and racial equality, there is still a long way to go. We discussed the need to normalize looking into the environments that create the feelings of not belonging and to stop telling women they have imposter syndrome.

For more episodes like this, tune in to Top RANK’s Breaking Barriers, where we explore the challenges and opportunities of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

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Website – https://desireescoleman.com/

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