My Prayer During Woman’s History Month

Attorney Dulce Oliveira • Mar 05, 2021

My Prayer During Woman’s History Month

Women’s History Month is about celebrating the achievements women have made throughout recorded time and the obstacles they have encountered on the path to equality and recognition. It is a reminder to all that triumph is possible in the face of deep-rooted social adversity. 

I identify as a Latina woman of color. I am also the head attorney of the USCIS department at Telleria, Telleria & Levy, LLP. While my workplace is one of inclusivity, acceptance, and celebration, I still constantly find myself in certain situations while either in court or at the federal buildings where I have come face to face with gender and racial inequality. With me, they’ve gone hand in hand.

However, as much as I could list everything that the legal society has yet to accomplish for true gender, racial and economic equality, I know that only 100 years ago or even 50 years ago, this career I chose would not have been possible for a woman who looks like me. 

And so I stand proudly on the shoulders of my predecessors, and during this month, I say a silent prayer of thanks. Thank you, women and men, of my past, for having fought tooth and nail for what was only right.Thank you to all the women who broke untreaded grounds when society told you it was wrong, shocking, or even immoral to do so.  

For the future generations, we, today, are among these ground-breakers, the social activists and the catalyst by which social evolution will be possible. I may have daughters one day and I hope they will come to an even better world-- a world where they will never have to doubt their ability to accomplish every single one of their goals. I wish that for your daughters as well.

May we continue this great fight, and may we have the courage to continue fighting alongside other marginalized groups on the same roughened path to equality. Amen.
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