Uché Blackstock

And truthfully, she rem- she's like the living embodiment of this, um, conclusion paragraph in a book I read.

The book is called Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Dr. Uché Blackstock.

And at the end of this book, there's, like, a conclusion and, like, a call to action, and she charges white women and... to be allies and says it's not for, uh, members of our BIPOC world to continually and perpetually advocate for DEIA, for cultural understanding, and to serve in those leadership roles, that there needs to be not just allyship, but we have to be vocal advocates for change, vocal advocates for culturally responsive practices, especially in our world of speech therapy, especially for those that have, uh, language differences, language disorders, and that's what Samantha's doing.

And, um, Sam's getting her doctorate in educational leadership and organizational innovation because not only is she doing this in her day-to-day work, but she's paving the way to fight at a systems organizational change level.

She's someone who I have been a huge fan of ever since I read her New York Times bestselling memoir called Legacy.

It's Dr. Uche Blackstock.

If you're not familiar with Dr. Uche Blackstock, you're about to.

She is an incredibly accomplished woman.

She's also just a down to earth working mom.

If you haven't picked up her bestselling memoir yet, please go do that now.

It's called Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.

And without further ado, here's my conversation with the wonderful Dr. Uche Blackstock.