Laying the Foundation for Inclusivity in Construction
September 19, 2023
Construction management runs in my blood. My father – a construction manager himself – started taking me to his jobsites and showing me the ins and outs of the profession from a young age. Being on jobs with my father was a high point in an otherwise difficult period of my life. I barely spoke any English when my family moved from Hong Kong to northern California. Growing up, the language barrier hurt my grades for many years, and on top of that, a lack of other mixed-race individuals in my suburban Bay area school made me a target for bullying.
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