ABOUT
Hello and welcome to Break Concrete! Break Concrete is a podcast show exploring the unique experiences of Black women professionals as they navigate race and gender in the workplace and break through the concrete wall to professional advancement. We all have heard of the glass ceiling– the invisible barrier impeding women’s professional advancement. For Black women, sexism shaped by racism creates additional hurdles many have regarded as a concrete wall. The concrete wall is solid and opaque. It cannot be easily shattered and requires additional work and energy to scale. Break Concrete provides a platform for Black women to openly dialogue about our intersectional identities as both black and female as we maneuver career and life.Â
Thank you for visiting! I am so happy you are here. Throughout my career, I have come to value the role of community in shaping success. Fortunately, I’ve been able to build community with other women of color inside and outside my workplaces, but many of us are operating in spaces where we are the only ones or one of a few. These experiences can be isolating and alienating. Break Concrete creates a digital community to elevate Black women’s voices, develop tools and language to tackle challenges that come our way, and celebrate our successes.Â
My Short Bio
I am a civil rights lawyer, social justice advocate, and educator with experience in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Romance Languages and Literatures (French and Spanish), received my MSEd in TESOL at Long Island University, and my J.D. at Yale Law School. Originally from Jamaica, I also lived in Barbados, before moving to Brooklyn, New York.
