I couldn’t get a single job interview, until made my name sound more white

For five months in 2020 I was endlessly, unsuccessfully, job hunting.

Granted, my timing could not have been worse. I closed my small, award-winning business in January of that year in search of such ‘perks’ as maternity pay and weekends, and I was confident that my entrepreneurship and experience would provide a smooth transition into a new vocation. 

Unfortunately…