Like many successful diverse women, you've always been a self-directed go-getter, pushing your way up the ladder through the power of your intelligence, personality and ambition....

Multicultural women represent only about 1.6 percent of corporate officers and top earners at the nation’s 500 leading industrial companies, according to Catalyst, a top women-oriented research and advisory firm. Although these leaders reached the top in a variety of ways, they do share one...