Diversity & Inclusion

Both of my grandmothers were of Hispanic descent. My maternal grandmother had very fair skin, blue eyes, and auburn hair, and Spanish was her first language, whereas my paternal grandmother had olive skin, dark hair and was very tiny (4’9). I grew up in a border town, but my father lived in New Orleans. My…

For years, society has ignored and rejected social groups because they were perceived as not “ordinary”, resulting in certain people not getting hired or not receiving a promotion. But what is ordinary? Does it include the color of a person’s skin, their gender, or their sexual preference? In history, many diverse groups gathered for change,…