Hi, I’m Lisa Durante. My commitment to my job, let alone my career, was never called into question until the day I announced my pregnancy. On that day, my manager – who had been my mentor and champion – asked: “Will you come back to work?”
Women face the systemic challenges of unconscious bias the moment they announce their pregnancy.
The experience of being judged on what others assume I should want or be now that I was pregnant, let alone the struggle I faced in reclaiming my career after having a baby was not easy. Yet, it’s been harder to watch women coming up behind me struggle with the very same challenges.
That’s why I’m here.