Ep. 15 - ‘Hope for the Politically Hopeless’ - Local Politics, Foster Care & the Forward Party (w/ Laura Wheat)
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Laura Wheat was the Mayor of West Lake and President of the West Lake Academy for 16+ years, has sat on countless boards including the Gladney Center for Adoption, currently serves on the Forward Party Executive Committee and the Co-CEO of Joanna Czech Skincare.
Laura sat down with Emily to discuss the power of local politics and how the two major parties are working against it, how beating breast cancer three times led her to the Nonprofit world and the challenges facing the Foster Care & Adoption system in Texas.
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