Laura Benavides is the Director of Sustainability at Integrity BioChem & Vice President of Technology at Integrity Mining and Industrial. She graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a biochemistry degree and is passionate about sustainability, she is a new mom who has excelled in her career at a very young age.
Laura's grandmother had a vision to have American grandchildren, even though there was no plan to immigrate from Colombia to the United States. Laura is a first generation college graduate and her single mother worked multiple jobs to get her feet under her once they immigrated to Texas. As Laura grew up her mother decided to go to school and teach her daughter that it is possible to follow your American dream and to never give up.
While Laura was finishing up her degree in Biochemistry at the University of Texas she joined an info session being presented to graduating students. The speaker was a man by the name of Charles Landis, who at the time she didn't know would become a huge part of her career trajectory. After taking a role with Halliburton she excelled quickly and was offered a role overseas with their joint venture. It was here where she found her passion in her job - being in front of clients, presenting and developing training. This gave her the vision for the next step in her career.
Soon after returning to the states she was offered a role at a startup, which was a huge risk for her. She was hand picked by the leadership team to come over to Integrity Biochem in 2017. She took the role and built the labs from the ground up, still young in her career she struggled with imposter syndrome. She talks about how she didn’t see herself the same as her colleagues. She downplays her success, not giving herself the credit she deserves. It's a common theme amongst many women in the workplace. Not to mention as a new mom she is juggling the balance act of getting it all done while not losing time with family.
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