Personal Narrative: Dealing With Diversity

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I have to deal with diversity every day at my workplace. Living close to a military post and being Hispanic means that not only do I encounter diversity, I am part of it. Balancing good management of an organization with inclusion of diversity can be tough. Making sure that people don’t get offended by what you say or do and that you are giving everyone the same opportunity is hard to achieve, but possible. Since I moved to the United States more than 15 years ago, I had my share of experiences with diversity. In my case I have experience discrimination in two areas: 1) Being Hispanic and 2) Being an Army Wife. Born and raised in Puerto Rico my primary language is Spanish and although I have studied English since early childhood, nothing

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