Join your host Sanila Samuel on a candid conversation with Yosr Hamza - lawyer, mentor, DEI champion and special needs parent. We dove right into talking about Yosr's experience starting out as a young female lawyer in the Middle East to finding her space as Legal Director at Gartner to getting life changing news about her few months old son and her journey of acceptance.  Yosr is a bilingual multi award-winning and commended experienced tech legal director with both a private practice and in-house background. Yosr has more than a decade of legal experience. She is well respected amongst her peers and professional community. During her career, she held various positions allowing her to gain significant experience in executive negotiations, legal risk management, corporate governance and compliance, crisis management and acting as a trusted business advisor to the C-Suite and top management. She moved in-house and played a key part in establishing and managing the legal, data protection, ethical, compliance & ombuds team supporting the Middle East region in Gartner. Yosr is a known champion of DEI, women empowerment, and creating opportunities for others who come from under-represented backgrounds (especially for those who are most marginalized and cast aside) to thrive throughout their career journey through mentorship, sponsorship and authentic storytelling. She co-established and leads Gartner Legal DEI Council. She currently serves on Gartner’s Gulf CSR Board Committee, the Board of Mosaic at Gartner ERG and Women at Gartner ERG. She is on the advisory board of the In-House Community. She serves on the leadership of ACC Small Law Departments Network, New to In-House Network, International Legal Affairs Network, and Women in the House Network. She co-established “Your Mentor from MPL” in collaboration with MPL Legal Academy in Egypt. She also serves as a mentor with several organizations and initiatives to contribute to the efforts to enhance levels of DEI and gender equity within the legal profession in the Middle East. Yosr is also a dedicated special needs and rare disease parent, a caregiver, and a vocal advocate to her Lissencephaly and cerebral palsy warrior who wows the world with his own superpowers. Because a disability is not an inability, and a diagnosis is not a definer. #specialneedsmother #specialneedsparenting #workingmom #womeninleadership #womeninlaw