Shaylene Costa is a medical assistant who lives in Rhode Island. Dominique Jett is a health-care supervisor in Las Vegas.
Both are Black women, married and employed full time in the health-care industry. Each was thrilled when they found out they were expecting their first child. Both experienced difficult pregnancies and complications at birth.
But once they delivered, their paths diverged: One had paid family and medical leave and one didn’t. Read more>>>