A Black CEO shares how she negotiated a $12,000 raise at her first job: 'It was incredibly exhausting'

Aug. 3 marks Black Women's Equal Pay Day — the day that Black women working full-time finally catch up to what their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts earned in 2020. A Black CEO shares how she negotiated a $12,000 increase in salary at her first job, and why she felt she had to "work so much harder" to get there.