Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Outwear, and

this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.

Today on the show, I'm speaking with the acclaimed chef and James Beard award-winning host,

Patty Hinnich.

Patty's career within the culinary world is both multidimensional and incredibly impressive.

She is the creator and host of the Emmy-nominated PBS series, Patty's Mexican Table, which

has brought Mexican flavors, colors, and textures into American homes for more than 10 years.

In her PBS special called La Framtera, she uses food as a vehicle to showcase the vibrant

people and culture along the largely misunderstood and misrepresented U.S. Mexico border.

Beyond her on-air work, Patty is a three-time author having just released her most recent

New York Times best-selling cookbook, Treasures of the Mexican Table, Last November.

And in case she wasn't busy enough, she is also the head chef of the Mexican Cultural

Institute in Washington, DC, where she creates curriculum and teaches classes rooted in

Mexican culinary history and traditions.

Throughout it all, Patty is deeply committed to building a shared understanding between

her two neighboring home countries, Mexico, where she was born, and the U.S., where she

lives.

And though it was applied quite differently, that intention can actually be traced back

to Patty's first life, during her early career as a political analyst at a think tank in

DC.

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