At six months pregnant , Zabeen Mirza ’ s employer said they could not afford to keep her . Zabeen , founder of Jobs . Mom decided she would be the last woman to be treated this way .

ZABEEN MIRZA

At six months pregnant , Zabeen Mirza ’ s employer said they could not afford to keep her . Zabeen , founder of Jobs . Mom decided she would be the last woman to be treated this way .

» “ I was born and raised in New York . I live here , with my three children and my husband . “ I worked in Wall Street in finance − when I joined , I was the youngest woman and only woman of colour . There ’ s this saying : “ You cannot be what you cannot see .” If you don ’ t have role models , you think that maybe it ’ s something you cannot do . There was a level that my colleagues could not always understand . “ Later , I was a professional negotiator , then Covid-19 hit and I was let go . I said I would be the last woman that this happens to .”

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“ If you don ’ t have role models , you think that maybe it ’ s something you cannot do ”