Colorado has seen positive growth in the number of female-led businesses starting, and venture capital money has provided a foundation for those enterprises to break through the “glass ceiling.”
in January 2022, a self-described “women-first angel investment group.”
That professional mission strikes a personal chord within Levy. Her family has suffered loss by suicide. “My mom, as an example of this, was a woman that didn’t feel like she understood what to do with or how to exercise the financials.”Ultimately, for her, it comes down to impact. “Nothing’s going to change if we’re not having the conversations, if we’re not stepping into money.”
When DeFazio first tried her hand at investing as a young woman, she learned the bubble of private equity is not only exclusive, but also “very unfriendly” – “and I think that’s almost architected on purpose.” Zehra Cheatham, 25, just signed an offer to work at a new company that’s women-owned and led. “Women are finally getting more seats at the table, and it’s truly inspiring.”
While organized labor leadership in the U.S. has traditionally identified as male and white, Colorado’s leaders are “increasingly female and diverse,” said Marcela Salazar, spokesperson for United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7, the state’s largest private sector union. Her union elected Kim Cordova as the first woman of color to be president in 2009, and she still fills that position today.
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