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Episode 47: Just Eat the Bread with Dr. Melanie Shoffner

38m · Audacity Rising · 06 Aug 08:00

Dr. Melanie Shoffner is a professor of English Education at James Madison University in Virginia, and she is yet another guest who has been called bossy a time or two. While growing up in North Carolina, she discovered her love of different people and places through her love of literature. It made her feel different then, but has shaped who is today. Although she is in the educational realm, this episode focuses on traveling, being a woman in the workplace, and becoming an independent thinker. The three of us discuss how women are natural caretakers and how this can cause issue with also being bold and confident. She explores what it means to be an audacious woman with poise and insight. This conversation and story will make you think, and maybe make you want to jump on a plane to a new place!

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