The Wishful Doing Podcast

BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series: Part 3 We close our BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series by bringing Jheri Holbert and Sophia Mason together for a raw and hopeful conversation on what’s next. How do Black women advocate for themselves without burnout? What does true accommodation look like? And how can employers move from performative allyshi...

BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series: Part 2 In Part 2 of our BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series, we’re joined by Sophia Mason—HR leader, systems thinker, and doctoral researcher—who opens up about the often-overlooked realities of Black women leaders living with chronic illness and invisible disability. We dive into the intersections of racism,...

BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series: Part 1   In the opening episode of our BIPOC Mental Health Awareness and Disability Awareness Series, we sit down with entrepreneur and scholar Jheri Holbert to explore the lived realities of Black women entrepreneurs. Jheri shares what led her to research this community, what systemic barriers her work has uncovered, and how iden...

In the final episode of our Teen Mom Awareness Month series, we bring it all home. Dr. Ja’Bette Lozupone and Yoslin Amaya-Hernandez close out this three-part conversation with a powerful reflection on what it means to turn survival into strategy—and strategy into legacy. From navigating leadership as former teen moms to advocating for others walking a similar path, this episode is a celebration of...

We didn’t get here alone—and in this second episode of our Teen Mom Awareness series, we’re giving credit where it’s due. Dr. Ja’Bette Lozupone and Yoslin Amaya-Hernandez return to the Wishful Doing Podcast to pick up where Part 1 left off, reflecting on the people, programs, and moments that helped them reframe what was possible when they found themselves pregnant at 16. From early mentors and co...

At 17, we were raising babies. Today, we’re raising the bar. In this inaugural episode of the Wishful Doing Podcast , Dr. Ja’Bette Lozupone sits down with Yoslin Amaya-Hernandez, Program Manager at Wishful Doing, for a raw and inspiring conversation in honor of Teen Mom Awareness Month . The two discover they share a remarkable parallel—both became teen moms at 16 and gave birth at 17—yet neither...