How did you manage to go from zero to 200+ companies in less than five years?
With years of experience working on diversity and inclusion consulting related to LGBT workplace inclusion, and the support of a handful of U.S. multinationals leading these efforts, the timing to launch Equidad MX was perfect. In 2014, Mexico City hosted the first congress of LGBT-inclusive practices and Pride Connection, the network of LGBT-inclusive businesses, was launched the same year. The close economic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico helped shape the way in which U.S.-based companies engage with its Mexican counterparts and how they sought to expand their mission to give all their employees the same inclusive daily experience.
What are some of the challenges you have experienced while implementing this work in Mexico?
LGBT inclusion has grown into a household practice for companies in Mexico as we have some of the most forward legislations in Latin America toward non-discrimination, however, the challenge remains to put them into the practice in the everyday lives of the community, and especially in their workplace. During the initial phase of the program, one of the challenges was that very few openly LGBT emerged leaders accompanied our efforts.
