After we conducted interviews and went on many field works, my group was ready to share what we learned and found out about the discrimination of women in the workplace and the glass ceiling. We learned about what kinds of discrimination there are, like men with less experience getting the job a woman with more…
Interview with Michelle Kaminsky 1/21/16
by Skyler
On Thursday, January 21st (2016) my group and I interviewed a female Assistant District Attorney. She also happens to be the Chief of the Domestic Violence department. Kaminsky’s answers were much different from other women that we interviewed. She told us that she hasn’t faced gender-based discrimination in school or in her career. She told…
Interview with Tanya Wexler 1/20/16
by Skyler
On Wednesday, January 20th (2016) my group and I interviewed a female Indie film director. We talked to Tanya about a lot of statistics. Like how only 9% of directors in the U.S. are women. This fact really surprised us. Tanya’s most well-known independent film that she directed was Hysteria. Tanya came out of college…
Interview with Wen Zhou 1/20/16
by Skyler
On Wednesday, January 20th (2016) my group and I went to the 3.1 Philip Lim office to interview (one of) the founder(s)/CEO/president of the designer company. Wen Zhou told us her incredible and inspiring story of how she got where she is today. Wen came to America, from China, when she was around 13 years…
Interview with Lisa Busillo 1/15/16
by Skyler
On Friday, January 15th (2016) my group and I interviewed Lisa Busillo at The Coffee Bean, across the street from our school. I was sick this day so I called in to the interview. Mrs. Busillo is an anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is a type of doctor, they have to figure out how much anesthesia to…
Dress for Success Volunteer Work 12/18/15
by Skyler
On December 18th, 2015 we went to one of the buildings that holds the organization Dress for Success (32 east 31st street). Dress for Success is an organization that provides interview and job clothes for women who can’t afford to buy very fancy clothes. It is hard to get jobs without professional looking outfits. They…
Interview With Susan Scher 11/23
by Skyler
On Monday, November 23 our group got to interview someone I know very well, my mom Susie Scher. Not only is Susie my mom but she is also the Managing Director and Head of Investment Grade Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs. This basically means that she advises big companies on how to raise money in the…
Visit to The Paley Center for Media
by Skyler
The two women’s groups went to The Paley Center for Media in Rockefeller center. We took the D train up to 47th street and walked to our 52nd street destination at the Paley Center. Once we got there a very nice lady named Caroline took us to a small room with a projector. We were…
Miss Representation Movie Viewing
by Skyler
My group and I took some lunch periods to watch a movie called “Miss Representation.” This movie is kind of like a documentary. In it, many women that we see on the news and weather forecasts and on regular television spoke in the movie about how women are portrayed in the media. I really learned…
