Where north meets south: Netra Macon shares her geographical and personal journey
Where north meets south: Netra Macon shares her geographical and personal journey
The latest Race in STEM podcast saw our global community manager Steven Fuller catch up with Netra Macon, an HR professional within the life sciences healthcare sector, based in New York.
Being exposed to different lifestyles, cultures and communities from an early age has helped to shape Netra into the open-minded individual she is today. Just as her upbringing was geographically polarised, she was born in North Carolina but grew up in New York, her experience of school before second grade could not have contrasted more with her experience from second grade onwards.
“The school I attended up until second grade closed suddenly and then I had to go to a school that was predominantly white, and it was a handful of us minorities and I was the only black kid in the class.”
Growing up, HR wasn’t a career path she could have foreseen: “I did not wake up one day deciding I want to be an HR professional. I had no idea what that meant.” Now a global people lead and board advisor who forges talent strategies, instigates DEI initiatives and connects people at all levels, she’s certainly exceeded her own expectations.
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