Stefani is a Bay Area lawyer focusing on how trauma affects communities - and especially youth - of color. Today, she’s telling us all about her Granny Octavia’s refined and elegant teacakes.

Granny Octavia migrated from Louisiana to Richmond, California in the middle of the 20th century. She settled down with her husband, contributed to the war effort (even while the war effort discriminated against other black folks), became a part of a thriving cultural scene, raised kids, and hosted elegant teas and dinner parties.

Stefani spent all day, every day with her Granny and Gramps during her early years, and doing those hours she learned how to cook, how to set the most beautiful table, how to try new things, and that even grandparents are layered, nuanced people with sometimes surprising backgrounds.

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