Episode 230: Accelerating Latina Representation in the C-Suite

BEYOND BARRIERS

Sep 26, 2022•27 min

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Episode description

Latina women represent only about 1.6% of C-Suite executives in Fortune 500 companies. While this inequity is rooted in factors like the lack of career mentors, it’s also about navigating cultural norms.

As a first-generation corporate Latina, Monica Marquez discusses the unique opportunity for seasoned leaders - who navigated and broke through barriers - to transfer the unspoken rules of success and raise the next generation of Latinos/x. She also shares the pearls of wisdom from the most senior-level Latina women in the community, her own experiences, and the research behind what it takes to get ahead in the C-Suite.

Highlights:

[00:19] Statistics about Latinos in the workplace

[03:34] Unequal experience in the workplace

[04:32] Percentage of Latina women in the C-Suite

[05:44] The number one barrier for success for Latinas

[06:49] Lack of access to networks

[09:08] Dead-end promotions

[11:57] Having clarity on where you want to go in your career

[12:42] The gender wage gap

[14:46] Breaking the cultural curse of “just working hard”

[17:53] Getting out of our own way

[20:27] Having courageous conversations