Alli Frank & Asha Youmans, TINY IMPERFECTIONS

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🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Alli Frank and Asha Youmans are the debut co-authors of Tiny Imperfections, a novel. Alli has worked in education for 20-plus years in San Francisco and Seattle in both public and private schools as a teacher, college counselor, coach, and assistant head. Asha has taught in public and private elementary schools for almost 20 years. Their book, an intergenerational, mother-daughter story, is hilarious and pitch perfect. Set against a backdrop of a prestigious San Francisco private school, the story addresses race, single parenting, and dating at 40. The three of us talked about the school admissions process, family relationships, Alli and Asha's terrific dynamic, and how their experience as educators for over 20 years shines through in this heart-filled and humorous love letter to schools and school communities.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.1	Moms don't have time to read books.
0:14.0	Please sign up for my newsletter at Zibbeowens.com for updates on podcast guests and lots of live events. Hi everybody. I'm thrilled to be partnering
0:23.6	with Start Small, Think Big. You need to know about them. They help under-resourced entrepreneurs
0:29.5	gain access to critical services they need to build sustainable small businesses
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0:44.8	Last year alone, their volunteer network provided 1,300 small businesses with pro bono support
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0:53.3	95% of start small's businesses are women, minority, or under-resourced entrepreneurs.
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1:03.8	to the population.
1:05.2	Start Small, Think Big has developed a page on their website called Shop Our Businesses,
1:10.5	and this page features some of the businesses that they are supporting who are currently doing business online and need help now more than ever to support their businesses.
1:19.4	So go to StartSmartl think big.org and help out.
1:23.2	I'm here today with Ali Frank and Asha Humans, who are the debut co-authors of tiny imperfections and novel.
1:29.8	Ali has worked in education for 20-plus years in San Francisco and Seattle in both public and private schools as a teacher, college counselor, coach, and assistant head.
1:38.2	She's the co-founder of the International Friends School, a graduate of Cornell and Stanford University.
1:42.9	She currently lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters. Asha has taught in public and private elementary schools for
1:48.5	almost 20 years. A graduate of UC Berkeley, she lives with her husband and two sons in Seattle.
1:53.5	Welcome, Asha and Ali. Thanks for coming on moms and have time to read books. Absolutely.
1:57.9	We're happy to be here. Thank you so much for having us.
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