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shared in a heartbreaking essay this week that she had a “second full-time job” while serving as White House press secretary: caring for her mother, who has cancer.that she visited her mom in New York every weekend for 18 months while maintaining a secret she kept from even her workmates.“If I were to share the news of my mother’s diagnosis or any other issues in my personal life, it would be seen as an excuse,” she wrote. “Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work.
Jean-Pierre relayed that she would commute to New York in oversized sunglasses and a mask to conceal her identity to see her mom. She’d still make it back to D.C. for a few hours of sleep before arriving at the White House at 7:30 a.m. on Mondays. “But I was losing my grip,” she confided. “I told my mom I wanted to move to New York so I could help her full-time. ‘You are not quitting your job,’ she said.
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