Balancing Work & Motherhood
Nothing I have done to date is as important as giving birth to my beautiful daughter Emi Zoosiab. She is pure joy. I love her with all my being. Everyday I think about what I want her to learn, see, and become. I love being her mother and I want her to grow up in a better world than I did.
That's why I love my work. As a working mom, I spend much of my time doing really important work - addressing some of the toughest issues facing humanity (working to end domestic violence, building gender equity, ending poverty, transforming culture etc.) I love what I do and I often spend a lot of time doing it. This often leads me to the tightrope act of balancing work and life. I am the first to admit that I have a lot of parenting fails, and the best I can do is try to be kind to myself.
I justify working late and on weekends to my aspirations and hopes of creating the kind of world that I hope my daughter can grow up in. The kind that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talks about - where she won’t be judged because of the color of her skin, her gender, her history etc. It’s not easy when this kind of change comes in decades, not days or even years, but I believe I must be a small part of the work to get there.
Everyday is a balancing act, but I wouldn't have it any other way.