Devika Brij, career advancement expert, speaker, and author is the epitome of someone who literally took the lemons that life gave her and made delicious pitcher of lemonade with her company, Brij the Gap Consulting, a personal development firm that works with underrepresented professionals to help them leverage their experience into new career options for themselves.
Her book, “Thrive in Color” offers a roadmap for underrepresented professionals to be powerful self- advocates in the workplace.
Brij’s expert knowledge in this field grew from her own personal experiences of constantly being overlooked for incentives and growth opportunities with companies she worked for.
Despite the societal changes that impact the workplace, Brij partners with companies to develop talent to grow professionally, building careers and developing an educational platform.
“Systemic racism, and bias still exist when we look at people of color,” she adds. However, she says self-advocacy is important for people of color and women; …