I always kind of knew, I think, now looking back, I think, and I think this is an important

thing too, is like our exposure and education to the LGBTQ community as a kid growing

up, I didn't really know what being gay was, you know, it wasn't really in TV yet and

things like that.

And so I just knew I was like

kind of different. I was always a tomboy. I always wanted short hair when I was younger. I always

wanted to wear boys clothes, but then it wasn't like as acceptable, you know, people could start

picking on you and stuff like that. So I wanted to fit in and I did. Hello, hello, hello.

Welcome back to the selfie show, you guys. I am officially

dubbing this Fun Friday. We get to release a bonus episode. And for this next month, I feel like we

get to do this a couple times. So I'm really excited about that. I'm here for that for you and me. This is just so much fun.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tori Meskin, and I am the founder of the selfie

podcast, a platform dedicated to all the amazing things going on here in the healthcare space.

I'm just here making healthcare hip one selfie at a time, you guys, and we are going to be

doing part two of Vanessa's episode. So we started out with part one where we talked to Vanessa

about her transition from being a NICU nurse to a COVID frontline provider. And if you haven't heard that

episode, episode number 21, I highly recommend it to you guys. It's very informative. And honestly,

just hearing her perspective about her experiences in Boston during the heat of the pandemic was

remarkable. So today, we're going to wrap up

that conversation. And then we're going to transition into a really important part of Vanessa's

life. And something I really wanted to platform here with you guys today. I think we were in

such an amazing time where we are really trying to have these conversations and

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