S1:E6 - If Not You, Then Who?: The Importance of Self Advocacy with Nicole Vick

In this episode I am talking with Nicole Vick, a public health professional, educator, and a civic leader who has spent the last fifteen years providing tools and strategies to stakeholders, community-based organizations, students, and residents to improve health and prevent disease in some of Los Angeles County’s most underserved communities. 

We discuss the importance of self-advocacy, and why we as women of color, black women in particular have challenges with doing so. We do a deep dive into code switching, facing microaggressions and how we have to still function despite larger societal issues affecting black people. Nicole also shares her experience with double consciousness and how it pushed her to take action.

Nicole is the author of “Pushing Through: Finding the Light in Every Lesson” she shares both the heartbreaking pain and the extraordinary triumphs that led her to advocacy and social justice work. 

You can connect with Nicole on Instagram at @nicoledvick www.instagram.com/nicoledvick or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-d-vick/ 

You can order Nicole’s Book here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087YRWN63?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420

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