By DeVry University
October 28, 2020
8 min read
October 28, 2020
8 min read
Blanca Leon-Carter understands what it means to have a dream—but more importantly, she understands the hard work and determination required to make those dreams reality. That’s how the DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management alum defeated the odds to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees while raising a child on her own and working full-time.
While studying, working and being a mom wasn’t always an easy feat, today she is one of Slalom’s Salesforce consultants. It’s a role that Leon-Carter rarely sees occupied by women in technology—yet alone a woman of Latina descent . “I am a bit of unicorn” she says.
Here’s how she “broke the mold” by being one of the first in her family to attend college and set off on an uncharted path to success.
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