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Tweet/DM @allysalama to let us know who you'd like us to host next on the show.Join our Exclusive ChangeMaker's Community here // https://chat.whatsapp.com/LfVHSbQNDIVHUO9xPaRTjW ?? Imani McGee-Stafford is a WNBA player, University of Texas graduate, mental health advocate, poet, philanthropist, and model. Her goal in life is to be the person she needed when she was younger. She was born in Los Angeles, CA and grew up in an abusive household. Her journey to healing includes overcoming sexual abuse, neglect, and multiple suicide attempts. Imani believes she was given this platform through basketball to talk about sexual abuse, sexual violence, sexual education, and mental health. Key Timestamps: [02:00] Imani’s Mental Health Story. [04:00] Recovering at college [06:00] Elzie Granderson - Imani’s Story gets featured on SportsCentre. [13:00] Imani on Social Media [19:00] Sexual Education [21:00] “Empathy is undersold.” [26:00] Life-changing lesson learned being a pro-athlete. - [34:00] The Fireball Segment! [38:00] The Reflection Segment.. [41:30] The Legacy Segment! Key Quotes by Imani McGee-Stafford “Growing up writing was my safe place outside basketball. I also love slam poetry - It’s super awesome.” “Empathy is undersold.” “[They] had only seen me as Imani the Basketball player. I’m 6”7. I have a huge personality. I’m always kinda bubbly. I’m always cracking jokes. So they’ve never seen this side of me.” “The number of people.. and not just strangers that reached out… I realized I wasn’t alone in this.” “This is why I play basketball. This is why I’m here, this is why I have this trauma. This is why I try from that moment forward to bring mental health, sexual violence and sexual abuse to the forefront to anything and everything I’m doing. These are things that are non-negotiables for me.” “I just try to be who I needed when I was younger and be that picture of a survivor of sexual abuse and to be living with mental illness.” “I’m no longer in active danger. So I can talk about these things.” “My brand is authentic. I’m a hot mess. My goal in everything I do is give people a window of being me. People are multidimensional.” “Vulnerability is so scary but it’s something that’s so needed.” “Racists are not terrible people. They don’t know better. Ignorance is the problem.” “There’s nothing wrong with saying this is my resume & this is what I deserve.” “I’m one in 144 women in the world that get’s to do this for a living. Defining success and what that means for you changes things.” “My Proudest Achievement is still being here.” Links to Ally: Website: https://www.empathyalwayswins.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/allysalama LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allysalama YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/allysalama Links to Imani McGee-Stafford: Website: http://www.imani34.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/imanitrishawn_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imanitrishawn/WNBA: https://www.wnba.com/player/imani-mcgee-stafford/