Being your self is one thing that, for me, is essential to being profitable. One of many issues that I like essentially the most about working at Cisco is that I will be my true self. Through the day, I’m a Enterprise Operation Supervisor and a part of the World Staffing Staff, and at evening, I’m a tough rock/ steel singer.
In 2020, in the course of the pandemic, connecting with individuals was tough as a result of all of the uncertainty and restrictions to maintain us secure, so Gaby Córdova and I got here up with an thought to create a singing membership to have a secure house to attach and do what we love essentially the most.
At first, we didn’t know if anybody would reply or if individuals can be curious about becoming a member of us. Additionally, giving singing classes remotely was a brand new problem for us, so we needed to adapt our instructing to ensure anybody becoming a member of would get all of the data attainable. Actually, we didn’t know if it will work.
To our shock, lots of people joined the membership! Individuals from throughout Mexico: Mexico Metropolis, Monterrey, Guadalajara, and Puebla, to say some. We referred to as ourselves the We Are Cisco Singers and gathered nearly for weekly periods. After a while, we carried out two digital concert events for Cisco workers, household, and mates. We additionally donated our time for a digital giveback exercise the place we sang for kids at a telethon in the course of the holidays. It was so heartwarming to make use of our voices to do one thing good.
Cisco even created Music Mode in Webex, our collaboration platform, and that was actually music to our ears as a result of we may hear the music and our voices with extra readability, which allowed us to create all of the digital occasions we did.
Lastly, in 2022, all of the We Are Cisco Singers had been in a position to meet. We had been connecting and creating wonderful issues collectively for one and a half years, however to have the primary class in particular person was fantastic. We had been already a part of the singing membership, however now we’re additionally nice mates. We’re a Cisco household.
After we first began the We Are Cisco Singers, we wished to discover a connection in a time when that was tough, have enjoyable, and share our singing data. To our shock, a number of the college students shared that due to the singing lessons, they’ve higher confidence and extra shallowness and that it’s helped them with communication and higher efficiency at work and of their private lives. It’s true that you just by no means know the way your actions may influence somebody, and seeing now how this can be a wellness house the place individuals can develop, calm down, do what they love, and have an excellent chuckle is unimaginable.
We’ve additionally gotten the help of Inclusion & Collaboration Mexico and Pavelka, Cisco’s international well being and well-being companion, to proceed this wonderful journey. It has given us nice alternatives to do what we love and create new friendships with others we might not work together with throughout our each day jobs. Final 12 months, we had been honored to carry out in the course of the CX Mexico All Palms assembly, and this 12 months, we carried out in the course of the Mexico All Palms assembly with Cisco’s Chief Individuals, Coverage & Function Officer Fran Katsoudas, in attendance.
Cisco additionally gave my band and me the chance to carry out nearly on the SleepOut, an annual Cisco fundraising occasion, in 2021, and in 2022, we had been lastly in a position to be there in particular person. We additionally took the stage in the course of the Nice Place to Work Mexico celebration (The 6th 12 months we received this award in a row!) and at a Girls in Science and Engineering (WISE) occasion for little ladies to encourage them to be no matter they need to be and present them that, at Cisco, we now have a spot for them.
The journey isn’t over but. We now have extra thrilling actions deliberate for subsequent 12 months, like performing for the kids of a few of Cisco’s registered charitable organizations throughout Youngsters’s Day and on the subsequent SleepOut occasion.
Trying again, it’s loopy how one thought, one dream, can change your life. My key message is rarely to surrender in your goals and at all times be your self. If you end up your entire self, you open your self as much as connection, and the We Are Cisco Singers gave me connection once I wanted it essentially the most. We’ve grown, had enjoyable, turn out to be nice mates, and are actually Cisco household. Cisco is the place the place I’ve felt embraced to be myself greater than ever in my entire life, and I’d not change it for something. Each day, I really feel empowered to indicate I’m proud to be a Cisconian.
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