Tim Robberts via Getty ImagesMONTREAL ― Rola Dagher’s journey from childhood in a small Lebanese town to president of Cisco Canada reads like something out of an improbable Horatio Alger novel. Dagher came to Canada at age 17, escaping Lebanon’s civil war with her baby daughter, Stephanie, in the trunk of a car. “They were like, ‘No no, we’ve followed your career.’ It was an awesome and overwhelming moment for me.”Cisco Canada Cisco Systems Canada president Rola Dagher, in a handout photo from Cisco. Dagher’s story is unique, and her success required beating overwhelming odds stacked against immigrants ― particularly female and racialized immigrants ― at the top echelons of Canadian business, government and non-profits. Rola Dagher, president, Cisco Systems Canada

Source: Huffington Post December 01, 2019 16:07 UTC