Host Delisha and Producer Damarcus discuss closing out an eventful 2021, building momentum on individual goals, and maintaining boundaries in the new year.

Essence and USA Today bestselling author, Tracy Brown discusses growing up on Staten Island’s North Shore, graduating high school on time despite becoming a teenage mother, getting multiple offers on her first book without an agent, and having her latest release selected as a Target Diverse Book Club Pick.

Senior digital producer and culture writer, Christina Santi discusses living with extended family while her mother attended college, finding safe space in the works of Black authors as a middle school student, choosing journalism over medicine, and advocating for equality and equity for Black people through her work.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive, Aisha Thomas-Petit discusses spending her childhood on both coasts, making the pivot to Human Resources early in her career, setting boundaries while climbing the corporate ladder, and taking her seat at the table as a people strategist.