This year for Mother’s Day I want to highlight the woman most directly responsible for helping to guide my life both personally and professionally, my mother. In the year 2001, she graduated with her degree in multimedia design. By that time, she was already a wife and mother of two. I sat down with her recently to discuss how she entered the tech field and what her experience has been like over the last 20 years of her career.
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If The Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, it opens the door to challenge any right that is not specifically named in the Constitution (written over 200 years ago!) such as rights to contraception, private sexual activity, and marriage equality. The consequences of overturning the ruling will not only have damaging but dire, far-reaching consequences for freedom, justice, and equity. This ruling would exacerbate racism, classism, sexism, and criminalization of already marginalized and oppressed groups and sets our quest for justice back hundreds of years.
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If I learned one lesson when the pandemic hit, it was that I can’t do it all. Shortly after, the more painful truth was realizing all that I had sacrificed in order to try. Boundaries, sleep, hobbies, joy, the list went on. To be the “best mom” and the “most successful,” I did everything I could to live up to the unrealistic and unsustainable expectations society places on working women, regardless of the consequences. What if I just simply stopped doing everything everywhere and navigated work life balance on my own terms?
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Gentlemen, even though there is a more concerted effort to include us men in the antenatal and prenatal care stages, the system still has a tendency to overlook the fact that many of us are interested and want to be involved in a genuine way. During the first two pregnancies, I can recall numerous times I felt like an unwanted understudy by the health professionals who couldn’t figure out how, or flat out didn’t care, to treat me as if I was expecting a baby as well. You are truly appreciated for changing this narrative for me and my family.
Read MoreI am… a Black woman, a mother, a young professional millennial, a woman of faith, an advocate. When asked to share more about who I am, I typically lead with this. As I strive to use my “whole self” in practicing diversity,...
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