IS KEY TO SUCCESS EXPECT GIVING
YOUNG HEAD OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER AFFAIRS AT
J P MORGAN CHASE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON
TO HOLD THIS TYPE OF POSITION
AT THE FIRM AND HOW SHE'S
FORGING A PATH FOR THE AP I
COMMUNITY CHECK IT OUT.
>> IT'S SO NEW AND IT'S
REALLY AT THE FRONT NO ONE HAS
DONE THIS BEFORE SO IT WAS SO
EXCITED TOO EVEN INTERVIEW FOR
THE SEAT BECAUSE THERE'S ONE
SEAT AT
JP MORGAN AND NO ONE ELSE IS
DOING THIS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY
SO WE'RE REALLY FORGING A PATH
HERE FOR OUR A P I COMMUNITY
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS 2020.
WE ARE ABOUT 7.2% OF THE
POPULATION WHICH EQUATES TO
ABOUT
20 MILLION PEOPLE. AND
ACCORDING TO PEW BY
2060. WE CAN GROW TO 35 MILLION
PEOPLE AND I THINK IT'S
HORTON TO SO THOSE SEEDS NOW SO
THAT WE ARE THE
INSTITUTION OF THE FUTURE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY IN REALLY
UNDERSTANDING PREFERENCES AND
TRENDS SO THAT WE CAN SERVE
THAT COMMUNITY
GOING FORWARD.
>> HOW HAVE YOU CLIMB THE
LADDER TO GET WHERE YOU ARE
TODAY, YES I'VE HAD AN
ASYMMETRICAL.
>> KIND OF CAREER.
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS SO I'VE
MY CAREER
HIS RANGE FROM FINANCIAL
PLANNING TO PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
AND STRATEGY TO MARKETING AND
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND NOW
THIS CURRENT ROLE AS GLOBAL
HEAD OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC
ISLANDER AFFAIRS FOR JP
MORGAN CHASE. SO THERE IS NO
LIKE CLEAR PATH THAT YOU COULD
SAY OH WELL THIS TO QUEUE HERE
TO HERE TO B TO C
TO D BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT THE
COMMON ELEMENT ACROSS ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT ROLES THAT
I'VE HAD I WAS REALLY PROBLEM
SOLVING AND BRINGING PEOPLE
TOGETHER SO
I WOULD ADVISE PEOPLE TO JUST
GO WITH THEIR PASSIONS AND AND
GO TO THE PLACES THAT MAKE YOU
HAPPY WHERE YOU CAN FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE
CONTRIBUTING BECAUSE EVEN
THOUGH I DID FINANCIAL
PLANNING. I WAS PROBLEM SOLVING
FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND HELPING
THEM REACH THEIR GOALS
WHETHER I WAS DOING BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT IT WAS AGAIN
PROBLEM SOLVING AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BRING
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO
COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEIR LIVES
BETTER. AND I'M HOPING WITH
THIS CURRENT ROLE AS HEAD OF A
P I THAT I'M BRINGING A VOICE
TO THE AP I COMMUNITY TO JP
MORGAN
CHASE GLOBALLY AND HIGHLIGHTING
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE
AND OUR CONTINUING TO AS JP
MORGAN
CHASE NOT ONLY AS AN
ORGANIZATION BUT ALSO TO THE
PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING WHAT
ADVICE DO YOU HAVE AS FOR OTHER
WOMEN LOOKING TO ADVANCE THEIR
CAREERS.
FOR ME IT WAS
SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE MENTORS
AND SPONSORS. SO I'M FILIPINO
AND I'M AN IMMIGRANT WE
IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY WHEN
I WAS 2 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE A
PICK SURE MY MOM AND I
STANDING IN FRONT THE PAN AM
AIRPLANE READY TO BOARD TO COME
TO THE
UNITED STATES. AND YOU KNOW AS
AN IMMIGRANT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE
A GROUP OF
PEOPLE WITHIN MY FAMILY TO
TEACH ME IN IN BUSINESS.
THIS IS HOW YOU DRESS AND
BUSINESSES HOW YOU SPEAK IN
BUSINESS, THIS IS HOW YOU SHOW
UP TO
A MEETING. SO REALLY HAVING
THOSE PEOPLE AROUND ME TO PULL
ME ASIDE AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU NEED TO DRESS THIS WAY OR
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO A
MEETING THIS IS HOW YOU PRESENT
YOURSELF AND TAKE A SEAT MAKE
SURE YOU'RE TAKING UP SPACE.
WHEN YOUR ROOM.
AND THAT WAS SO
IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I
DIDN'T HAVE THAT NATURALLY
WITHIN MY FAMILY UNIT. SO I
THINK FOR NOT ONLY WOMEN.
WOMEN OF COLOR BUT TO FIND
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING
TO BE YOUR TRUTH TELLERS AND
THROUGH THINGS AND
AND AND NOT TAKE IT AS YOU
KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S
THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING YOU
INSIDE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
MAKE YOU BETTER. SO I WOULD I
WOULD ADVISE FOLKS TO FIND
MENTORS
THOSE COACHES AND THOSE
SPONSORS THAT KEN
TELL PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHEN YOU LEAVE
THE ROOM I THINK THAT'S OH SO
IMPORTANT IN NAVIGATING
YOUR CAREER.
>> I DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT
MCKINSEY'S LATEST WOMEN IN THE
WORKPLACE REPORT IT FOUND THAT
REPRESENTATION IN CORPORATE
AMERICA HAS IMPROVED THAT'S ALL
THAT'S WHAT
WE WANT. BUT THE PROGRESS HAS
BEEN SLOW. IT'S BEEN AN EVEN SO
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE
NEEDLE FORWARD THE THE WAY WE
PUSHING
THE NEEDLE FORWARD IS REALLY
BRINGING EACH OTHER UP I WAS
TALKING TO SOMEONE A FEW
MINUTES AGO AND I WAS SAYING 20
YEARS AGO FOR WOMEN IT WAS
REALLY US
0 SUM GAME. IT WAS I NEED TO
CREATE A SPACE
FOR ME AND THERE'S NO ROOM FOR
YOU SO AS WOMEN ADVANCED AND UP
CORPORATE LADDER.
>> THEY WOULD PULL THE LATTER
UP BEHIND THEM AND
I THINK THERE'S BEEN SUCH A
CHANGE WHERE WE'RE NOT PULLING
THE LATTER BEHIND US WE'RE
PULLING WOMEN UP ALONG THE
LATTER AND I THINK THAT IT'S SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
DO WAS SUPPER ONE ANOTHER
AND ALSO.
>> CREATING SPACE LIKE WHAT
WE'VE DONE HERE AT JP MORGAN
AROUND WOMEN IN THE MOVE IN
NETWORKING.
>> BECAUSE I FOUND THAT
YOUR NEXT IT IS PRESENTED TO
YOU THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE THAT
YOU KNOW. WHERE VERY FEW JOBS.
>> VERY FEW JOBS UP HERE
THROUGH LIKE A JOB SEARCH.
IT'S THROUGH YOUR NETWORK AND
SOMEONE SAYS YOU KNOW WHAT
SOMEONE SO IS HIGHER.
>> BRING IN THEIR IN THEIR AREA
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE
REALLY GOOD.
>> PROBLEM SOLVING YOU SHOULD
APPLY AND I'LL TALK TO THAT
PERSON AND SAY
THAT YOUR YOU'RE GOING TO APPLY
FOR THAT JOB, SO I THINK HAVING
THAT NETWORK IS SO IMPORTANT.
IN ORDER TO
FIND YOUR NEXT. KENNEDY AND
CONNECTED TO THAT I WOULD IS
MADE SURE
LIKE EUROPE, PUBLIC PROFILE
LIKE YOU'RE LINKED AND ACTUALLY
REFLECTS WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
ABOUT
YOU BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER
THING I'VE NOTICED IS THAT
BEFORE YOU EVEN WALK INTO A
ROOM PEOPLE HAVE
GOOGLED YOU AND THEY'VE ALREADY