I’ve never worked alongside another woman in production before. Like, I’ve never been a part of a brew team where I wasn’t the only person who identifies as female, let alone Latina. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Maria. We’ve been training her and getting her up to speed in our department. My main purpose was to make sure she felt included, safe, heard, supported and empowered. I was hesitant at first because I was worried there would be expected competition between she and I. The biases that are placed on women in any industry are pretty brutal, especially when it comes to women of color. We’re characterized as hot headed or too emotional. Aggressive in place of assertiveness or we’re pinned against each other. “She’s better than you” - that’s the kind of fuckery I refuse to tolerate. Since being placed in a lead role it gave me the advantage to set the tone from the beginning between the both of us. Why? Well, it’s simple - I need to see more Latinas filling up ...