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What an exciting episode today! Our host, Shannon Vasconcelos, will be talking with author Emi Nietfeld about her memoir, Acceptance, in which she discusses growing up with a troubled mother and eventually in the foster care system, but still managing to gain admission to Harvard. She goes beyond the typical triumphant narrative, however, and discusses the personal cost of portraying herself as someone who has "overcome" these obstacles when, in important ways, she hasn't. So tune in! Zachary Gries will also be joining Shannon to discuss why to fill out the FAFSA.