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ft. Del. Pam Queen (D-14). The podcast opens with a candid discussion about Del. Queen’s educational background (a bachelors, two masters, and a PHD) in the STEM field and the challenges she faced early on in her career. Her personal story dovetails into the ongoing fight for greater funding for Maryland’s HBCUs. Del. Queen goes on to talk about her work with Black Girls Vote at Morgan State University (8:50) and how she is getting students involved in grassroots efforts to support the Maryland HBCU lawsuit. Next Del. Queen discusses her “Equal Pay - Equal Work” bill (10:50), her bill to screen for the presence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) in schools (12:30), her work on the Economic Stability workgroup (17:20), and a bill to bring more childcare subsidies (23:00) to Maryland families. Arinze asks Del. Queen about the social and philanthropic organizations that she is apart of, and how they’ve helped her run for public office (24:26). The conversation wraps with a discussion focused on how Del. Queen got her start in politics (26:22) and her outlook on the future of the Maryland General Assembly (28:25).