Francesca is also a former staunch conservative and recovering Trump supporter. We discuss her 7th generation Texas roots, how religion influenced her life and how she went from voting Republican for 12 years (yes, including Trump) to a progressive who believes in using her voice for social equity and justice.
Wine: Alloro Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016
This wine reveals intense ripe black cherries and blueberries, with rose petals, and notes of cinnamon, clove, and slightly toasted hickory. Very full-bodied, dark ruby in color, with plush, velvety texture, pleasurable persistence, and mouth-watering acidity, that provides tension. This wine has a very long finish that lingers with ripe black cherries, baking spices, and graphite.
BIO:
Francesca Martinez. I met Francesca is currently the National Health Equity Program Manager in the Office of Health Equity at large national nonprofit. As part of a focused team leading the organizational strategy on health equity and addressing social determinants of health, Francesca ensures integration and collaboration internally and externally building solutions to address root causes and the systemic issues contributing to health disparities.
Book: A Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930's