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From YouTube: Women's History Month 2016: Betty Cruz
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A
I
manage
a
number
of
different
initials
for
the
mayor
and
they
range
in
focus
areas:
everything
from
Live
Well
Pittsburgh,
which
is
we're
the
first
city
to
sign
on
to
Louisville
Allegheny
we
launched
live
all
Pittsburgh
april
2014
and
since
then,
we've
really
focused
on
connecting
youth
and
families
to
resources
like
health,
enrollment,
making
sure
all
of
our
young
people
are
enrolled
in
health
care.
We
have
great
nonprofit
partners
throughout
the
city
that
help
make
that
possible
offer
free
step-by-step
help
like
the
consumer,
helped
health
coalition.
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I
also
manage
the
mayor's
home
from
Pittsburgh
initiative,
which
is
a
veteran's
engagement
strategy,
and
that
one
is
a
newer
initiative
at
launch
September
of
last
year,
again
really
working
closely
with
community
partners,
who
are
already
doing
amazing
work
and
being
able
to
lift
that
up
further
and
I'm
doing
some
homeless
outreach
work
as
well.
So
the
special
initiatives
area
touches
a
variety
of
things
and
I'm
really
lucky
to
get
to
do
this
work
and.
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A
Soon
after
I
graduated
I
went
on
to
work
at
kaboom,
building,
playgrounds
and
advocating
for
play
in
DC
and
I
missed
Pittsburgh
and,
as
I
made
my
way
back.
Also
at
that
point
still
in
the
nonprofit
space
I
was
weak.
Honestly,
we
invited
the
mayor
to
speak
at
our
annual
meeting.
He
was
wonderful.
He
was
then
the
newly
elected
mayor
and
fast
forward
as
he
was
building
his
team.
This
opportunity
presented
itself.
That's
great.
The
city
is
lucky
to
have
you
I'm
lucky
to
have
had
this
opportunity
and
everything
come
together.
It's
been
tremendous
ride.
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B
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Oh,
so
it's
it's!
It's
a
daily
reality!
There's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done,
even
whether
it's
you
know,
women
who
find
themselves
in
position
of
leadership
or
not,
there
still
is
not.
There
are
not
enough
women.
There
aren't
many
women
at
all
who
are
elected
officials.
There
are
many
women
at
all
who
are
CEOs
or
serving
on
private
sector
boards,
and
things
of
that
nature,
so
there's
still
a
long
way
to
go
and
the
reason
why
there
is
there's.
So
all
these
barriers
well.
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Absolutely
I've
had
both
I've
had
both
I
think
it's
important
to
have
female
and
male
mentors
and
people
who
can
be
your
sounding
board
and
who
can
guide
you,
but
because
of
the
unique
barriers
that
women
face.
I
I
also
think
it's
important
to
have
a
female
mentor
and
I'll
say
also
through
the
lens
of
a
Latina.
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That's
very
important
to
me
as
well,
and
it's
it's
a
it's
a
reality,
because
not
only
are
we
dealing
with
the
challenges
and
perceptions
and
stereotypes
and
barriers
of
being
a
woman,
but
then,
when
you're
a
Latina,
your
culture
comes
into
it
and
there's
things
that
distinguish
latina.
Women
specifically
I'm
cuban-american
distinguish
cuban-american
or
Cuban
culture
from
other
Latino
cultures
from
other
cultures
in
general,
and
that
also
is
something
that
that
you
have
to
be
more
aware
of.
So
I
was
fortunate,
while
I
was
a
kiss
p
a--.
I
was
in
this
leadership
portfolio
program.
A
That's
through
there,
Johnson
Institute
for
responsible
leadership
and
they
assigned
you
to
they
matched
you
with
a
mentor
and
my
mentor
at
that
time,
and
this
was
in
2010,
was
lourdes
sanchez
ridge.
Who
is
our
city
solicitor?
Neither
of
us
knew
that
we
would
be
in
these
roles
today
would
have
even
guessed
it
at
home,
but
coincidentally
she's
a
fellow
kawana
and
we've
she
was
my
mentor.
She
challenged
me
to
think
about
things
differently
and
to
keep
this
very
dialogue
around
women
in
leadership.
She
was
a
great
sounding
board
yeah
and
continues
to
be.
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A
Maybe
it's
because
of
all
the
barriers
that
even
the
microaggressions
are,
that
the
more
subtle
nuance
barriers
that
we
have
to
face
to
the
to
the
larger
ones
were
much
more,
and
this
is
a
generalization,
but
I
do
feel
that
women
tend
to
be
much
more
methodical
and
want
to
when
they're
going
to
take
that
leap,
to
do
something
whatever
that
something
is
run
for
office
or
what
have
you
they
want
to
have
everything
perfectly
in
place.
They
want
to
feel
a
hundred
percent.
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Taking
the
risk
and
not
waiting
till
everything
in
your
life
is
perfect
to
do.
It
is
one
important
piece
of
advice.
I
think
the
other
thing
that
has
been
tremendous
for
me
has
been
to
have
mentors
to
have
people
that
I,
even
if
I
didn't
know
exactly
where
I
was
going
professionally.
I
respected
them
for
where
they
were
professionally
and
I
could
have
conversations
with
them.
Even
if
it's
about
life
choices,
personal
choices,
you
know
having
children
are
not
having
children.
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How
you
are
you
know,
navigating
certain
dynamics
in
a
workplace
having
that
mentor
is
important
and
I
want
to
restate.
Also
one
of
my
most
challenging
work
experiences
a
couple
of
years
back
a
trusted
voice
for
me
was
actually
one
of
my
male
mentors,
so
you
don't
always
have
to
look
for
that
again,
you
don't
have
to
be
terribly
specific
and
only
doing
the
right
thing
at
a
precise
time
be
open
and
take
that
risk.
That's.