Listeners, this week we're back with Cecilia Muñoz.

Cecilia Muñoz is Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives at New America. Prior to joining New America in 2017, she served for eight years on President Obama’s senior staff, first as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs followed by five years as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. Before working in government, she was Senior Vice President at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US), the nation’s largest Hispanic policy and advocacy organization, where she served for 20 years. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2000 for her work on immigration and civil rights, and serves on the Boards of the Open Society, MacArthur and Kresge Foundations, as well as the nonprofit Protect Democracy Project. She is the author of More than Ready: Be Strong and Be you....and other lessons for women of color on the rise, to be published in April 2020.

This interview is at the top of my list and I hope it becomes one of your faves too. During our conversation, Cecilia and I cover the following:

• Her Latinx experience.
• The responsibilities that come with being "The first."
• Adopting behaviors to fit in the male-dominated world.
• Conquering fear.
• Mom guilt.
• Womxn supporting womxn.
• Womxn taking on leadership roles.
• And more...

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