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We love to sew.

This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews

with inspiring creatives and small business owners in our about Sarah chats with us about how the SJSA workshops and programs support youth in their exploration

of social justice issues and encourage creative expression through quilting and textile

artivism. We also talk about the SJSA Business Incubator and exciting ways that you, our listeners, can get involved. Hello Sarah. Thank you so much for coming on the show today. Thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Thank you. I'm excited to be here. Can you please introduce yourself for our listeners?

Yeah, my name is Sarah. I'm 25 and I'm the founder of the Social Justice sewing academy.

Fantastic and where are you from Sarah? I'm from the Bay Area. And we were wondering, is Social Justice Sewing Academy your full-time gig, or do you also have a day

job?

I have a full-time job.

I'm a director of a high school program within California County jails where we're giving inmates the

opportunity to earn their high school diploma or GED. Wow that's amazing and we

also know that you have quite the academic journey behind you. Can you tell us a

little bit more about your post

secondary education? Yes I went to UC Berkeley for undergrad and then I went to

Harvard for my master's. Fantastic and how does sewing fit into all of that how and when did you learn how to sew?

Yeah so in between high school and middle school my grandma taught me how to sew when I was four and by taught I mean like

allowed me to press the treadle on her antique

sewing machine but by the time I was six I was you know sewing with my mom and

although my quarter seems weren't that great I was really just enjoying the

process of sewing so my mom enrolled me in a lot of adult

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