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Stacey Faucett

Manager, Content Creation

Chief Sustainability Office

Stacey Faucett is a Communications Manager within Cisco's Chief Sustainability Office. Stacey develops content that focuses on Cisco's social and environmental initiatives including crisis response, economic empowerment, learning and digital skills development, and sustainability. Stacey is proud to work for a company that is committed to its purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All. Storytelling is her favorite part of the job and she enjoys collaborating with other teams across Cisco to develop and amplify stories about our employees, communities, and the planet. Originally from Upstate New York, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, mom, and cat named Steve.

Articles

Second Chance Justice Reform: Giving offenders a job-ready IT education

3 min read

This blog comes from Judge Aliyah Sabree. She shares more about the Second Chance Justice Reform Initiative which provides job-ready education in IT skills through Cisco Networking Academy.

How MIND Research Institute uses collaboration tools like Webex for hybrid work

6 min read

MIND Research Institute is not only passionate about helping students learn math but also creating an inclusive hybrid work environment.

5 ways that Cisco is doing its part to #BeCyberSmart

3 min read

In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are sharing how Cisco is doing its part to #BeCyberSmart by taking proactive steps to enhance cybersecurity.

How Cisco Networking Academy’s Learning Engineering team creates a pathway to new skills

7 min read

Jeremy Creech, a Servant Leader for Cisco Networking Academy's Learning Engineering team, creates opportunities for students to access technology skills. 

Women Rock-IT, or Rock-ET? Australian rocket scientist connects Earth’s framework from space

4 min read

Learn how Flavia Tata Nardini, an Australian-based rocket scientist, uses her STEM knowledge in space at Cisco’s upcoming Women Rock-IT broadcast.

People Behind CSR at Cisco: How Inclusive Communities contribute to a Conscious Culture

4 min read

Bernadette Liasos is the Global Program Manager for Inclusive Communities at Cisco, creating a safe place for employees to learn more from each other.

Investments in privacy and security innovation

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As part of our investments in innovation, Cisco’s approach to security and privacy was ready to meet critical demand during these extraordinary times.

People Behind CSR at Cisco: Hoa Tran makes a difference through community impact programs

5 min read

Hoa Tran manages Cisco’s San Francisco Bay Area Community Impact Grants (CIG) program, and Habitat for Humanity Build Grants program, and other employee-engaged initiatives from the Cisco Foundation and the Public Benefit Investment (PBI) Team. Learn more about the important work she does in CSR.

Creating a pathway to opportunity through economic empowerment

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For more than a decade, Cisco has invested in economic empowerment for underserved and underrepresented populations, by providing cash grants, donating Cisco technology, and contributing staff time and expertise to nonprofits that design and deliver technology-based solutions in three areas for thriving in a digital economy. 

Cisco encourages girls to consider a career in STEM for International Girls in ICT Day

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Cisco recognizes International Girls in ICT Day with the aim of inspiring girls and women to consider studying STEM and pursue a career in technology at this critical time.

From teacher to CEO: How CommonLit’s founder is using technology to impact millions of teachers and students

6 min read

With Cisco’s support, CommonLit has created cutting-edge tools and expanded its services to reach underserved students in Latin America with localized materials in Spanish. We recently sat down with CommonLit's founder and CEO, Michelle Brown, to learn more.

Reinventing breastfeeding support through AI

3 min read

This blog post comes from Maria Berruezo, co-founder and COO of LactApp Women’s health, a tool to provide customized advice to breastfeeding women.

Astia is transforming the way we fund businesses

6 min read

Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.

Choose to challenge: How investing in women strengthens families and communities

6 min read

This year's theme for International Women's Day is "choose to challenge," which encourages every one of us to call out gender bias and inequality.

Technology: The pathway to financial inclusion

4 min read

Learn more from Grace Wong, the Founder of Liven, Australia's biggest loyalty-based payment network which focuses on financial inclusion.

Using AI for good: Identifying and locating survivors of human trafficking

4 min read

This blog post comes from Emily Kennedy, co-founder of Marinus Analytics, a startup that identifies victims of sex trafficking based on online movements.

Sidestepping the status quo: My entrepreneurial journey

3 min read

This blog post comes from Sarah Mak, the co-founder and CEO at Folktale, a SaaS platform for organizations to listen-at-scale through crowd-sourced videos.

One entrepreneur’s search for a BrightSign leads to a life-changing invention

4 min read

This blog post comes from Hadeel Ayoub, the Founder and CEO of BrightSign and the inventor of a smart glove that assists people with hearing impairments.

The social justice of education: An interview with the CEO of New Teacher Center

7 min read

Dr. Blackburn, CEO of New Teacher Center, shares the link between social justice and education and how his organization supports educators.

People Behind CSR at Cisco: How it’s made matters

6 min read

Maria Gorsuch-Kennedy leads the Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility team at Cisco. She shares more about supply chain sustainability.

Solving the mental healthcare access problem with Modern Health

4 min read

This year, we’ve faced simultaneous crises impacting our daily lives—COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment, racial injustices, natural disasters, and divisive politics. All of which have taken their toll on the mental health of many. But mental healthcare is still surprisingly hard to access.

Pushing boundaries: AI and solar mobile chillers keep it fresh and cool

5 min read

Savanna Circuit Tech pinpointed an area of inequality and lost profit, and created a solution that allows field agents and women dairy producers to easily collect payments for delivered milk and access the credit facility, based on our AI-enabled credit scoring feature.

How our food choices can help reverse climate change

2 min read

In 2020, we have encountered a perfect storm of rare societal and environmental factors, which, if leveraged wisely, can propel us into a carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative future. And now is the time for us as consumers to choose our future.

When disaster strikes: Empowering employees to support the American Red Cross

4 min read

Cisco and its employees are proud to support the American Red Cross and its lifesaving work. Our 20-year partnership has inspired a groundswell of employee support, resulting in thousands of dedicated volunteer hours and more than $25 million in donations to the Red Cross.

Kiva: Celebrating 15 years of expanding financial access to underserved communities

5 min read

In honor of Kiva’s 15th anniversary, we are taking a look at the impact our partnership has made to help power a financially inclusive future.