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Brooke Bouchey of Walla Walla discusses trying to exist and raise children in a largely non-accepting environment. While acknowledging Walla Walla isn't the easiest place for her to live, she says, "I think if I've learned anything in this lifetime it's to love the diversity of the people that surround me. If I just said, 'The easier thing is for me to just be around the people that are like me,' I think that's a cop out. I feel like that's not what I'm here to do. I'm not here to do the easy thing. I'm here to make change."
By Center for Washington Cultural TraditionsBrooke Bouchey of Walla Walla discusses trying to exist and raise children in a largely non-accepting environment. While acknowledging Walla Walla isn't the easiest place for her to live, she says, "I think if I've learned anything in this lifetime it's to love the diversity of the people that surround me. If I just said, 'The easier thing is for me to just be around the people that are like me,' I think that's a cop out. I feel like that's not what I'm here to do. I'm not here to do the easy thing. I'm here to make change."