Sam broadcasts LIVE from SXSW at the Stellar Lounge to bring you insights from the leaders of the Stellar Development Foundation and as well as leaders from the blockchain industry.

In this segment he sits down with Cleve Mesidor. Cleve Mesidor is the founder of the National Policy Network of Women of Color in Blockchain. A Washington insider, she served as an Obama Presidential Appointee, a senior staffer in Congress, and the leadership of national political campaigns. Cleve is a Howard University alumna and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She regularly speaks at national conferences and has been featured in prominent publications and broadcast media outlets. Cleve was born in Haiti and raised in New York City. She currently resides in Washington, D.C.