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Celebrating Asian Women and Addressing Challenges in the Workplace

Celebrating Asian Women and Addressing Challenges in the Workplace

Eastern Bank last month hosted an event called the Asian American Women Leaders of Massachusetts to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The goal was to celebrate Asian women in the workplace, while also examining challenges the group faces, such as pay equity, leadership opportunities and a lack of support for small business owners. Eastern’s Senior Vice President Yongmei Chen, a team leader of the bank’s community development lending group, is one of the employee leaders that made the women leaders event possible.

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