Self-Care Is the Best Care

Womxn 2 Womxn: A Gender Leadership Podcast

This week we're talking about wellness in the workplace and in academia. We had the privilege of talking with Annie Francis, a 3rd year doctoral student in the UNC School of Social Work.

Guest Bio

Annie Francis received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked as a child welfare social worker in Northampton County immediately following graduation. She returned to UNC as a NC Child Welfare Leadership Scholar and received master’s degrees in Social Work and Public Administration. Francis previously worked as a child welfare social worker for the Orange County Department of Social Services and the coordinator of student affairs for the UNC School of Social Work. Her areas of interest include poverty, community development, child welfare and issues related to Native American identity. Francis’ ultimate goal is to improve both accountability and practice within North Carolina’s child welfare system by identifying and minimizing barriers to dissemination and translation of evidence-based interventions. She is a member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe of North Carolina.

Additional Resources

4 Self-Care Practices for Women of Color in the Workplace

Why Are Women of Color Excluded from Conversations about Work-Life Balance?

Why There Is More Holding Women Back from Wellness Than You Think

This podcast is a creation of the Womxn of Worth Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill with support from the American Association for University Women (AAUW). This podcast features the song “mountaintops in the sky” by Artificial.Music, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.