When Ricardo Zezza returned from maternity leave to discover her role advantage, she transformed a career setback into a powerful new opportunity.

Her experience inspired her to found a company redefining how parents and employers approach life transitions.

Tonight, she shares her brief but spectacular take on motherhood.

We associate implicitly maternity to a problem.

When women live for maternity leave, words are important.

We call it leave.

They leave.

Where do they go?

They don't live.

They're there.

They're still there.

They're there more than ever.

In reality, it's a master in soft skills.

So yes, you might be away for a while or you might be there less hours,

but in the hours you're not in the office, you're practicing learning skills that you can use at work.

I am actually from Milan, but I was born in Naples, and I grew up in Rome.

I was the classical career woman

with a lot of dreams and expectations from my job.

And every job I did in my 15 years in the corporate world,

I believed in.

I became a mother when I was 36,

and it was almost unexpected for me to become a mother,

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