Mónica torres perú

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Monica Torres a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Monica, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What do you think Corporate America gets wrong in your industry? Any stories or anecdotes that illustrate why this matters?

The one thing I feel that Corporate America gets wrong about my industry is that the people who work in death care like myself are creepy. There seems to be a stereotype that morticians are out to take advantage of grieving families. The reality couldn’t be farther from the truth. Most people in my industry are highly compassionate souls. It takes a great level of patience to work with grieving families. Compassion and sensitivity are needed to help guide families in the most darkest time of their life. Corporate America also doesn’t seem to understand the amount of work that morticians do to help the community. Like teachers, morticians are very underpaid and under apprec