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Celebrating Women's History Month with Julia Alvarez, Zoe Keating and more

Women's history Month, March 2022, vector. Girl power in world.
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This hour, Vermont Edition host Mikaela Lefrak talks with a few women thriving in their respective fields.

Here on Vermont Edition, we celebrate strong, intelligent women all year long. This hour, in honor of Women's History Month, we'll continue the celebration by talking with a few women who call Vermont home and who are thriving in their respective fields.

Our guests are:

  • Julia Alvarez, novelist, poet and essayist
  • Zoë Keating, cellist and composerbased in Burlington
  • Sascha Mayer, co-founder and chief experience officer at Mamava, a Burlington-based company with manufacturing facilities in Springfield that designs lactation pods and solutions for breastfeeding parents
  • Meg Smith, director of Vermont Women’s Fund, a philanthropic nonprofit that focuses on women’s economic security and aims to help women and girls rise and thrive

Broadcast live on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Tedra joined Vermont Public as a producer for Vermont Edition in January 2022 and now serves as the Managing Editor and Senior Producer. Before moving to Vermont, she was a journalist in New York City for 20 years. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.