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About This Book
Workplace imposter syndrome does not affect everyone equally, and this book examines why women of color, children of immigrants, and other minoritized people are especially prone to it. For those who are treated as outsiders at work, the threshold for feeling that they belong sits in a different place, and that gap can produce a false sense of inadequacy. The result can be burnout, an excess of unpaid labor, and being passed over for opportunities. The book challenges the unwritten rules that tell minoritized workers to keep their heads down and stay within narrow boundaries. The author, Daniela Pierre-Bravo, is a bestselling writer and an MSNBC reporter. She came to the country as an immigrant from Chile and spent years undocumented and largely out of sight, taking odd jobs to pay for her education. Like many women of color, she learned to adapt her behavior to fit professional settings that seemed closed to her. After she became a DACA recipient, her career advanced steadily, yet she found that no amount of success ended her sense that she had to keep proving she deserved her place. Drawing on her own experience and the experiences of other women, Pierre-Bravo shows readers how to recognize their strength at work without measuring themselves against a standard set by the dominant culture. She explores how to rethink career advancement so that it does not require giving up one's identity, and how differences can become an asset rather than a liability. The book works as a practical guide to self-advocacy. It encourages readers to become their own strongest supporter and to claim the professional space that is rightfully theirs. The book received an Honorable Mention at the 2023 International Latino Book Awards.
ISBN: 9780306925443
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