The individual I chose was Indria Nooyi, who is the CEO of PepsiCO. Nooyi grew up up in a conservative family in India. Her mother always pushed her and her sister to get married early and to the right man, but also to have dreams. She got her MBA at Yale and it help further her career. Her mom would make her and her sister make a speech every night at dinner about being a world leader and her mom would vote on who she thought would win. This helped inspire Nooyi to follow what she believed in and break out of the conservative roles she was expected to follow. Nooyi said that since she could not afford really afford a western suite when she tried to buy a pair of pants they were way too short and when she went to an interview, she did not get the job.
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Although, it's great that the people who hired her were accepting of her culture, this shows that she still had to deal with people judging her for her appearance and not her ability to do the job. We can also learn that although things are evolving and being more inclusive, there is still a long way to go before there is
Although, it's great that the people who hired her were accepting of her culture, this shows that she still had to deal with people judging her for her appearance and not her ability to do the job. We can also learn that although things are evolving and being more inclusive, there is still a long way to go before there is