Trisha Calvarese: “I was a federal, a member of the federal civil service.”

“I grew up here, you know, born and raised, went to public schools here. And then I went east on a full academic ride. I was former director of speech writing at the AFL CIO. I was a federal, a member of the federal civil service. And then my mom got sick. This was last fall, and I knew my union Afge would have my back. So I was able to drop everything, come home and provide end of life care for her.” (30:32–30:36)

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