Deja Foxx
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
Now that I've done it.
Big ideas need to be shared, right?
And I think about how my first introduction to TED Talks was in my public school classrooms.
And now more than ever, people need a sense of possibility.
And so being able to share them, that's what matters.
Great.
Like I said, I got my start doing this when I was 15.
My life went from private to public.
People had eyes on me as I came of age.
And I had a mentor.
Oh, I'll cry.
One of my mentors, Cecile Richards.
Oh.
Yeah.
Who passed away this year.
Yeah, I'm a Texan.
I know her, yeah.
She once told me, Deja, you don't have to be so goddamn perfect.
And...