DEI to Its CORE

“Where are you from?” This was the first question Ms. Sylvia asked me after we settled down in our chairs where she could hear and see me. She had functional hearing aids that had been recently updated, but due to her sensorineural hearing loss the person she was speaking with needed to sit close by, where she could read lips and hear at the same time. I informed her, “I am from Pakistan.” Then she inquired further, “From where in Pakistan?”