Episode Details

Growing Up in America is a production of Children at Risk, The Voice of Texas Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, public policy, law, and collaborative action on behalf of Texas youth.

Today’s guests and topics are:

• Dr. Nicole Townsend, Professor, Higher Education

• Maternal Mortality in women of color

• Celeste Barretto, Founder and CEO of Tesssilys Group LLC, a consulting/coaching firm for schools/nonprofits.

• Pressures on teachers and leaders from HISD takeover, maintaining safe campuses, resurgence of covid, political context (supporting queer and transgender students), and the sheer workload we place atop of teachers.

• Alicia Lee, MHA, Director, March of Dimes

• Maternity care desert report

• Nicola Springer, Executive VP, Director of PK-12 Projects, Kirksey Architecture

• Welcoming, Wellbeing and Wellness designing for the whole child and family, mind, spirit, and body.

Each week, we aim to fill these same 16 minutes minutes with lively discussion on the children of Texas