One of the most powerful things about being a business owner is the ability to create a work environment according to your own principles. So many of us have worked within a company or organization and been disappointed by the way things were run, the way team members were treated. So, we wanted to ask some fantastic business owners and operators how they’ve gone about creating a more inclusive workplace.
Grant Wallace

I’m interested in working with anyone that has a good attitude and a drive to work. Any age, gender, color, ethnicity, human, extra terrestrial, dog, cat. Everyone is welcome if they bring something to the table and don’t mind working in the heat. Come check out the team and apply at grantlantalawn.com! Read more>>
Khalid Bryan

Real estate can be a real dog eat dog industry. With over 200k Realtors in Florida alone and thousands more coming out daily. Brokers, who’s main goal is agent recruitment. Can get very consumed in recruitment and growth that they forget to take time out for the ones they have now with locked in potential. I feel there are so many people that end up thinking something isn’t right for them just because they never got the right opportunities to learn. Read more>>
Shakiyla Harris-James

The beauty industry can be a bit of struggle when it comes to inclusivity. Salons from the beginning of time have been accommodating to one or the other. Myself as a business owner and stylist, I have created a space where this is not a thing. Read more>>
Raquel Reichard

There are many problems plaguing journalism. Among them is that we have the same voices — cis, straight, white men, and increasingly women — primarily reporting and sharing our stories. This is especially true in Latine media, where white Latines are often given the jobs and use their editorial privilege to cover folks who look like them and come from a handful of Latine/Latine American backgrounds, mainly Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and, increasingly, Dominican Republic. At Somos, Refinery29’s channel by and for Latines, Read more>>