#WeAreCisco Parents

How nice does paternity or maternity leave sound when you don’t have kids yet?! Don’t tell my manager, but I may have had thoughts of a company-paid family vacation. We would be relaxing in our poolside cabana, with baby sleeping soundly, while Mickey Mouse refilled our well-earned margaritas. Ahhhh…

My daughter is a force to be reckoned with.  Morgan was born at 25 weeks and 1 day weighing only 1 pound and 5 ounces.  Before she was able to leave the hospital, she had multiple milestones to overcome including learning how to breathe.  Something that we take for granted, my daughter worked hard t…

Everyone needs a safe space. A place where they feel they can be their true selves, with no masks or limitations. What’s yours? Where’s the place you go to for a sigh of relief – one filled with calm and freedom? For many, this place is home – where your loved ones surround you. For others, it’s al…

Did you know that dressing and acting like a fictional television icon can actually make children more likely to finish a boring, repetitive task? It’s true, according to a recent study published in the journal ‘Child Development.’ Since I am a child at heart, there was only one conclusion for me: I…

“You can’t ever quit Cisco because then you would lose all those cool friends” – Edward J. Fontaine, age 8 It has always been extremely important to me that my son sees the work I do. That he knows while Daddy works hard, so too does Mommy. It is one of the main reasons I jump at any chance to bring…

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…

I am a wife, sister, daughter, aunt & Cisco employee. I’m also a full-time working new mom. My son just had his 1st birthday in October. Working a full-time job on top of being a new Mom as a woman in technology can sometimes be hard. But thanks to the supportive culture at Cisco, this is a whol…