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Silicon Valley Event Calls Attention To Latina Employee Pay Gap

"No matter how I was dressed, they automatically thought I was looking for a job," Castellon says.

Maria Castellon addresses a group calling for fairer pay policies for Latina employees.
Maria Castellon addresses a group calling for fairer pay policies for Latina employees. (KPIX)

December 9, 2022

Maria Castellon is the president and CEO of Bench-Tek, a multi-million-dollar Santa Clara factory that makes benches, racks and workstations for tech, bio-med and car companies in Silicon Valley and around the world.

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When she walks into business meetings, she sometimes gets mistaken for someone else.

"No matter how I was dressed, they automatically thought I was looking for a job," Castellon says.

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