What Does Inclusion Mean to You?

New Series with Wnet Inclusion Group Chairs

     Interview with Carolina Caballero, head of B2B Payments and Blockchain Product Development, Mastercard

Part 2: Interview with Hispanic/Latino Inclusion Group Co-Chair Carolina Caballero

Wnet: What does inclusion mean to you?

Carolina: Inclusion means providing equal access to opportunities and open acceptance of any individual into a group irrespective of ideals, backgrounds and experiences.

Wnet: What has been some of the value of having an employee resource group within your organization that is aligned with the inclusion group of Wnet? If your company does not have an ERG, where do you find value or how do you create it?

Carolina: I ran the Hispanic Heritage Network for NY, a group of about 500 individuals, when I worked at Citi. I got to know many Hispanics from different backgrounds and levels across the company. I believe everyone that wanted to get involved did, and we were able to drive impact because of the large number of members. We had many activities that supported employees with career development – career fairs, mentoring, senior panels to discuss topics like mentorship/sponsorship/promotion and small group access to senior management.

Wnet: What are some of the ways you see our Wnet Inclusion Groups (IG) broadening the networking and mentoring opportunities for our members and sponsors?

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