Ashley McMullen
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1,095 appearances
12 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2020
last heard May 2023
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And so that was how we approached it.
And it was like a bit of a labor of love in terms of getting the structure right.
But at its core, the idea is that here we are, two women in medicine, both who identify as black, both who are descendants of survivors of slavery, but a lot of diverging identities as well.
Like I said, Kimberly's got a couple years on me, both in age and experience.
She's got a family.
She's a mother.
She's a wife.
She grew up in a predominantly black neighborhood, went to two
historically black colleges for undergrad and medical school and you know, my experience I grew up with my grandparents in Chicago, moved to Houston and was in a predominantly white suburb and moved through institutions where I was, you know, felt othered in many ways and
just derive this intense desire to fit in and be accepted.
And part of that was sacrificing a lot of my authenticity in favor of what I thought other people wanted me to be.
You know, and I also identify as queer as was told in my story and that whole coming out process.
And so we both embody stories that aren't told often in our profession.
I love that.
I mean I mean that's what stories do.
They transcend a lot of the structures and barriers we have that keep us divided and stories they just have a simple mechanism that can really just bring people together.
It changes the game and particularly in a field like medicine where you're constantly
Interacting with folks who are different from you.
people are listening.
For some reason it still shocks me when I get feedback from colleagues again across the spectrum of identities.
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