May 25, 2021
Social worker Dora Poni Loro talks about her South Sudanese mama Edu who escaped Sudan as a refugee walking to Uganda, and worked while raising her nine children and keeping home. From mama Edu, we learn about resilience, about being your unique self and never comparing yourself to others, that being a woman is a...
May 18, 2021
Author and journalist Kristen Millares Young shares lessons she learned from her Cuban mom Carmen on how to break ground while having a community orientation, how to be adaptable and resilient and thrive in a new environment, and on novels being a way of studying the human mind. Kristen also talks about her new...
May 11, 2021
TV writer and producer Linda Burstyn talks about her Hungarian mom Vera, a Holocaust survivor. From Vera, we learn about hard work, intense loyalty, choosing your partner, being a feminist even when the circumstances don’t allow it, and understanding that we’re all one. Linda also talks about her research on female...
May 4, 2021
CEO and founder of “Qwaltec”, a company specializing in mission operations and training for spacecrafts, Shawn Linam, talks about her American mother Carolyn’s lessons on gender not being an excuse for any tasks needed to be done, diving into - and solving - problems (without complaining), and taking care of...