Asian American Women - a TRIBE ready for PRIME TIME

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Deepika Bajaj, Founder of Invincibelle, LLC represents the Asian American women at the North Carolina Governor's conference for women 2010.

Transcript of Asian American Women - a TRIBE ready for PRIME TIME

Crossing the ChasmBuilding Trust and Identity

Asian American Women – a Tribe ready for PRIME TIMEDeepika Bajaj

Founder and President, Invincibelle LLC

5% of Total US population

ChineseFilipinosIndiansVietnameseKoreansJapaneseCambodiansPakistanisLaotiansHmongThais

% of women in labor force – 2.1 %

% of women employed in Mgmt – 2.8%

CAREER

Second highest buying power of all race/ethnicities ~700B by 2014.

Income

Second to income of White MALE is Asian Women

HEALTHY MINORITYAsian-American women have the highest life expectancy of any group in the US. Threats include health, Depression cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and tuberculosis

Glass Ceiling

MAJORITY is OK with their ETHNICITY

Culture ConflictARE COMFORTABLE WITH DUAL IDENTITIES

MY STORYBE the change you want to see in

the world – GANDHI

BUILD TRUST+

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS

=YOUR NEW LIFE