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Monica Ruiz: Moving ahead when not many look like you. [Career Notes]
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Monica Ruiz: Moving ahead when not many look like you. [Career Notes]

Cyber Initiative and Special Projects Fellow Monica Ruiz on her career development from weather woman to grantmaker and connector.

CyberWire Daily · N2K Networks

September 20, 20205m 56s

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Show Notes

Cyber Initiative and Special Projects Fellow at the Hewlett Foundation Monica Ruiz shares her career development from aspirations of being a weather woman to her current role as a grantmaker and connector in cybersecurity. Monica discusses how her international study experience changed her outlook and brought her to the field of security. She shares the difficulties she faced as a woman of color when when not that many people look like you, and how she used that as her reason to move forward and better the cybersecurity field through her work. Our thanks to Monica for sharing her story with us. 

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