Cynthia Pong
Cynthia Pong, JD, is an award-winning executive coach and speaker, and the author of "Don't Stay in Your Lane: The Career Change Guide for Women of Color." She is the founder and CEO of Embrace Change, an organization dedicated to getting all women of color, and people of color, the money, power and respect they deserve in the workplace.
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