THE FULL STORY

Equity Wasn’t A Detour From The Future Of Work. It Was The Preparation For It.

Her work examines how organizations make decisions: whose capabilities they recognize, whose perspectives inform strategy, and who gains access to opportunity. As AI changes jobs and working practices, she brings those questions to decisions about technology. Tools change. Processes change. Systems claim to change. Too often, the inequities underneath remain. Her goal is to help organizations examine whether new approaches address existing inequities or carry them forward.

She has built employee resource group frameworks across three continents, developed diversity analytics, integrated equity into HR practices, and led enterprise inclusion and wellbeing strategy. She has also published on power in higher education. Across these settings, her work connects executive priorities with employees’ experiences—and turns findings into strategies, tools, and changes in how organizations operate.

Equity isn’t a program. It’s a lens for examining how organizations distribute resources, recognize capability, and create opportunity. That lens belongs in decisions about AI from the outset: what gets automated, whose expertise informs the design, and how the benefits and consequences are shared.

Through Virginia Tech’s agentic AI certificate program, she is developing practical skills in Python, agent development, and workflow automation. This technical foundation will support her ability to evaluate proposed uses of AI, collaborate with technical teams, and connect implementation decisions with workforce strategy, organizational culture, and inclusion.

Felisa is Afro-Latina, a New Yorker by birth, and based between Boston and Newport. She values curiosity, candid conversation, and the practice of listening.