Trisha Calvarese: “I was most recently at the AFL CIO and at the US National…”

“Born and raised on the plains, Douglas county, back when it was a ranch. And I went to amazing public schools. That led to a full academic scholarship at the Johns Hopkins University. And I was most recently at the AFL CIO and at the US National Science Foundation when a family emergency brought me back home. Both my parents had cancer. Yeah, they had cancer. And they did pass last fall at the comfort of home.” (04:16–04:26)

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