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I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Victoria M. Baptiste, Licensed Psychologist. You can listen to her here. Show notes 1-5 – She talks about her life growing up in Vermont and how her mom exposed her to diversity in the world. 5- 7 - She spoke about her passion for therapy and what motivated her to pursue it as a career. She talked about her anxiety as a child and how it presented in her. She saw how important it was for her mom and really wanted to reduce the suffering in

I recently spoke with Patricia Spence, who is the President and CEO of the Urban Farming Institute. She talked about her love of nature. Her earliest memory of food were of her grandparents growing and canning food. She remembers being outside in the summers and spending time with her grandparents in Wareham. She grew to love camping when she was in school. Spence's journey to UFI was not linear. She has worked in sales, for Boston Public Schools, WGBH, Xerox and is someone w

I had the honor of interviewing JerriAnne Boggis, the Executive Director of The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire. She recently spoke on the Hot Mama Chronicles podcast about the her work and her journey to New Hampshire from Jamaica. She spoke so passionately about the Harriet Wilson Project and how she organized to establish a monument in her name. She talked about sharing these narratives and the power of truth telling in lifting these stories about Harriet Wilson, who