A woman reflects on her career in male-dominated fields, crediting support from colleagues for letting her be authentic in boardrooms. She acknowledges her luck while recognizing many others lack that support, and calls for continued collective effort on workplace diversity.
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I've been, I guess, very fortunate, Wayne, in terms of my career, my experience. On the whole, I've had very positive experiences. Whether that's in the context to your point of sometimes feeling a bit younger, going into a boardroom, being a woman, sometimes going into largely male dominated workforces. I, as I said, been very fortunate that women or men around me have always been very supportive and looking for opportunities for me to step up, be myself. And as I said, I just feel very fortunate because I know there are plenty of people who haven't had those experiences. That's not to say that I don't still think there is work for us to do as a collective.