family

You really know what it means to #LoveWhereYouWork when you are faced with a life-threatening illness, and your team says, “Take care of your family, we’ve got this!” You see, that’s #WeAreCisco! I came to Cisco five years ago truly believing in our vision that we wanted to change the world. I had b…

Translated from Italian, vivere una vita bella means “Live a beautiful life” and I do, both at home and here at Cisco. Raised in a tight knit Italian family, the majority of my life has been spent in the kitchen or around a table. My grandmother, Nonna, immigrated to the U.S. from Italy 55 years ago…

The world travels more now than it ever has, with Americans alone logging more than 405 million long-distance business trips every year. Maybe you regularly contribute to that number? I know I do! I love working for Cisco, and in particular, I love that we embrace technology, which often removes the…

  “Great companies do many things, but one theme I heard over and over is: ‘Great companies honor their past.'” – Ron Ricci   This was the welcome message and theme of the day during the dedication ceremony of the new Cisco Heritage exhibit, #CiscoHeritage.  Where i…

I got asked a lot of questions after my last blog post, How I Found My Cisco Family. The most popular seemed to be, “What kept you going?” And every time I heard those words I would have to pause and wonder…could it really be just one thing? Yes, my life was difficult. My mother was a drug addict, w…

In early June – right in the middle of Q4 – I got one of the most earth shattering phone calls that a person could receive…my mother had passed away. In a moment that is a complete blur, I had no words. There was no plan for this. I had no idea what to do. I just remember falling to the floor…