Episode 2: Mangrove, Today - Women Supporting Women, By Design
CONFLUENCE: The Mangrove Collective PodcastShow Notes
In this second episode of Confluence, host Eunchim Choi is joined by current core team members Sarah Badju Tollestrup and Kim Teillet-Meunier to trace how each came into The Mangrove Collective, from prior ties as INGO colleagues to Eunchim's simple invitation to join the core team. The three unpack why they left full-time institutional roles for consulting, weighing the autonomy and flexibility motherhood demanded against the isolation of going solo, and how TMC's collective, values-driven m...
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