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Speaker 1: What's up its way up at Angela Yee, And today

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Speaker 1: we are doing something really special. This episode is brought

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Speaker 1: to you by Walden University. For over fifty years, Walden

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Speaker 1: has helped working adults turn ambition into action through flexible

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Speaker 1: distance learning. With degrees in nursing, social work, counseling, and psychology,

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Speaker 1: Walden empowered students to make a positive impact in their

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Speaker 1: careers and communities. And today I am really excited I

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Speaker 1: have the pleasure of introducing doctor Quantrilla Art, a Walden

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Speaker 1: University alumna and an incredible biobehavioral health scientist. Doctor Art

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Speaker 1: is dedicated to deconstructing systemic racism in the medical field,

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Speaker 1: important and empowering black mothers. So let's dive into your

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Speaker 1: inspiring story, doctor Art. Welcome to the show.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I'm so honored to be here.

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Speaker 1: I know, I'm so excited to have you. And just

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Speaker 1: for our audience, can you briefly tell us what inspired

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Speaker 1: you suppose to with a career in public health and

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Speaker 1: health psychology. Give us a little bit about your background.

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Speaker 2: Sure, sure, Well, I'm an only child, and I am

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Speaker 2: my mama's girl and a little bit of a daddy's

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Speaker 2: girl too. But I grew up with a terminally ill

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Speaker 2: mother and one of the things that I wanted to

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Speaker 2: do was to cure her from this disease, and so

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Speaker 2: that interaction that I had with her really kind of

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Speaker 2: spurred my love for helping people preventing illnesses. And so

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Speaker 2: I thought maybe I was going to become a doctor,

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Speaker 2: but y'all, I just, you know, can't do any of

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Speaker 2: the other things, right, No, no blood, no, no, none

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Speaker 2: of that. So I ended up finding out about the

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Speaker 2: field of public health, and so I was like, this

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Speaker 2: is the perfect place for me. So went to Morehouse

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Speaker 2: School of Medicine and got my degree in public health,

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Speaker 2: my master's in public health, and then while I was there,

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Speaker 2: I really wanted to dig deep into women's health, especially

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Speaker 2: black women's health, and so I started off learning about,

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Speaker 2: you know, the differences between the breastfeeding rates between black

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Speaker 2: mothers and white mothers, and that really kind of took

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Speaker 2: me down a rabbit hole of Wow, who knew that

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Speaker 2: there were these huge gaps in outcomes for moms and

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Speaker 2: babies that were related to breastfeeding. So that really kind

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Speaker 2: of led me to my next degree, which was my

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Speaker 2: health psychology degree at Walden University, and I knew I

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Speaker 2: wanted to stay in that vein of helping black moms,

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Speaker 2: and lo and behold, I found out that I was

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Speaker 2: becoming a mom. So that was a really big kind

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Speaker 2: of shift for me. And when I had my son,

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Speaker 2: I realized that not only was I in a position

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Speaker 2: the women that were around me, other black professionals right

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Speaker 2: with a quality healthcare, right with you know, basic social

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Speaker 2: economic status right And thought, well, what was the issue

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Speaker 2: that was impacting all of us even though we were

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Speaker 2: quote unquote living this American dream. And so as I

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Speaker 2: began to do more research, I learned that we needed

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Speaker 2: to have someone like digging into this information to figure

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Speaker 2: out what is happening with black women, especially black women

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Speaker 2: who were again high social economic status, had a good healthcare,

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Speaker 2: you know, prenatal visit, so what was going on? And

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Speaker 2: that really led me to dig into how I wanted

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Speaker 2: to personally impact this particular issue, and that really carried

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Speaker 2: me through my dissertation discourse at Walden.

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Speaker 1: I will say, it is such a big difference to

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Speaker 1: have somebody who has gone through the things that you've

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Speaker 1: gone through and have real life experiences to be able

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Speaker 1: to relate to people who look like you. And so

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Speaker 1: I can just imagine how people are grateful to have

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Speaker 1: you in this position. So thank you for that. And

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Speaker 1: I do have to ask you, doctor Art, how did

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Speaker 1: Walden you University help you achieve your goals and also

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Speaker 1: make a difference in your community? What was your experience

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Speaker 1: like at Walden University?

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Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness, it was amazing. I loved my time

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Speaker 2: at Walden University. I felt like I was a part

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Speaker 2: of a team, a part of a family, a part

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Speaker 2: of a community. And that was specifically important for me because,

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Speaker 2: like I said, I had you know, I found out

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Speaker 2: was concerned about was am I going to be able

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Speaker 2: to finish this degree with the baby? And then another

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Speaker 3: So so we were living life while we were at

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Speaker 3: Walden and so I felt so supported right Like I

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Speaker 3: was like, Okay, well, you know, I might need to

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Speaker 3: take a break, or do I want to take a break.

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Speaker 2: It's going to make my time here longer. But I

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Speaker 2: had such supportive professors. My dissertation chair was phenomenal. She

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Speaker 2: was like, girl, we need you to get this degree

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Speaker 2: so you can go ahead and raise those babies. I mean,

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Speaker 2: it was just it was exactly what I needed at

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Speaker 2: chose Walden was because Walden was one of the only

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Speaker 2: online institutions that had a doctorate in health psychology. And

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Speaker 2: I knew if I wanted to continue to have a

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Speaker 2: family and you know, do what I needed to do,

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Speaker 2: I needed an online program and that really fit for

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Speaker 2: my life. And then they were just like, Okay, how

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Speaker 2: can we help you succeed in every step, whether it

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Speaker 2: was just schoolwork stuff, whether it was you know, I'm

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Speaker 2: having a hard time here on this end and I

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Speaker 2: just haven't written in a week. They were so super supportive.

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Speaker 2: And by the time I finished that degree, y'all it

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Speaker 2: was for me, it was for them, it was for

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Speaker 2: these three kids, it was for my husband. We all

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Speaker 1: So a lot happened during the course of you getting.

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Speaker 3: This Yes, yes, yes, yes.

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Speaker 1: Now when it comes to your career, I know you

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Speaker 1: have so many memorable experiences. Can you just share a

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Speaker 1: memorable experience that had a significant impact on you? Just

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Speaker 1: give me, like one of them, Okay.

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Speaker 2: It would have to be. I was invited to come

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Speaker 2: share my story, my birth story with Healthy Mother's, Healthy

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Speaker 2: Babies Coalition of Georgia. They had a conference and I

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Speaker 2: was invited to come down and I was able to

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Speaker 2: bring all my troops. I was able to bring my

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Speaker 2: children with me and we recorded a video. It was

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Speaker 2: such a beautifully done video. And my son, who I

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Speaker 2: had this traumatic birth experience with, he was there. He

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Speaker 2: hear me talk about our experience. And having them there

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Speaker 2: watching me put everything I had been through in action

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Speaker 2: as an advocate. To share my story was just ough.

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Speaker 2: Like I get emotional thinking about it. Now, my children

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Speaker 2: are going to grow up with an advocacy mindset because

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Speaker 2: I have been able to connect the dots between sharing

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Speaker 2: my story and using it as a means of advocacy,

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Speaker 2: and they were there to see it, and that is

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Speaker 2: how they are going to be trained from here on out.

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Speaker 2: They're going to come with me as many times as

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Speaker 2: I can take them. I'm going to bring them with

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Speaker 2: me so that they can learn what it looks like

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Speaker 2: to speak up for yourself, to advocate for yourself, and

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Speaker 2: to protect other.

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Speaker 1: People you know, doctor Quinchola Art, I have to also

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Speaker 1: ask you about people sometimes don't think they can pursue

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Speaker 1: their career, make a difference in their community, raise a family,

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Speaker 1: have a personal life.

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Speaker 2: What would you say to people?

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Speaker 1: What type of message would you give them if they're

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Speaker 1: looking to be able to find that balance or maybe

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Speaker 1: they just need to know that it is possible.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmmm, Well, I think that's it, that it is possible.

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Speaker 2: Finding something that works for you and for your family

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Speaker 2: is going to be the difference between success and maybe

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Speaker 2: just kind of staying where you are. I knew I

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Speaker 2: needed a specific program that would meet my specific needs

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Speaker 2: for my family, and I didn't stop looking until I

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Speaker 2: found it. And I mean, you know, use my life

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Speaker 2: as an example. It was not easy. It took me

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Speaker 2: a lot longer than I thought it would, but I

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Speaker 2: was able to get it done. And Walden and their team,

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Speaker 2: I mean, have been such a phenomenal part of my

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Speaker 2: success and my journey, not just through school, but like

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Speaker 2: you said, helping my community, being able to be an

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Speaker 2: impact to other black moms. I mean, I just I

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Speaker 2: don't think I could have done that without the support

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Speaker 2: I had at Walden, and it was very pivotal to

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Speaker 2: my success.

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Speaker 1: Well, I know you have an extremely busy schedule and

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Speaker 1: I want to thank you so much, doctor quinchrila Ard

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Speaker 1: for joining us today and also sharing your incredible journey.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate this. Thank you so much, and also

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Speaker 1: Angela Yee and thank you so much for listening and

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Speaker 1: thank you again.

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Speaker 2: That was incredible.

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Speaker 3: Well