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 Sprin ...