Work And Life With Stew Friedman

Dr. Marisa Porges is known for her work on leadership, education, and national security. She is currently head of The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old all-girls school outside of Philadelphia renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and changemakers. Prior to joining Baldwin in 2016, Dr. Porges served in the Obama White House; was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and at the Council on Foreign Relations, where her research focused on worldwide counterterrorism efforts; and served in the US Navy as one of eight female aviators in an air wing of about two hundred. She graduated from Harvard University in and earned her doctorate from King’s College London. Her new book is What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.In this episode, Stew and Marisa discuss the unique challenges educators and parents everywhere are currently facing during the pandemic and the resurgent awareness of what we must do to pursue a just society.  They talk about the per