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385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?

385. What Do Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Serena Williams Have in Common?


Episode 385


They — along with a great many other high-achieving women — were all once Girl Scouts. So was Sylvia Acevedo. Raised in a poor, immigrant family, she was told that “girls like her” didn’t go to college. But she did, and then became a rocket scientist and tech executive. Now she’s C.E.O. of the very organization she credits with shaping her life. Acevedo tells us how the Girl Scouts are trying to stay relevant, why they’re suing the Boy Scouts, and how they sell so many cookies.


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