Tiffany is an interaction designer at Google working on business messaging for the next billion users. She is also apart of the Asian Google Network, where she hosts events and volunteer opportunities to support the Asian community in the Bay Area. In her spare time, you can find her writing on Medium (@tiffanyeaton) and numerous design publications, such as Invision and Marvel.
“My team at work is mostly men. In meetings, I’m often one of the only women and it’s hard to speak up because someone else will talk over me, interrupt me, or simply ignore me. “Be more confident” and “speak up” only go so far. No matter how hard I’ve tried to do those things, it doesn’t change the fact that what I say vs. what a man says are taken differently. One day, I sought out my mentor and female co-workers to let them know how I was feeling, and I was surprised to learn everyone was experiencing, or had experienced, the same thing. It felt better knowing I wasn’t the only one.”
