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Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam: Trailblazing Caribbean-Born Legislator Reflects on Journey, Policy Impact

www.press.jhu.edu

Program aired 05-04-2024

Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam was the first Caribbean born person to be elected to the General Assembly of Maryland in 1994.

She served 20 years in the House of Delegates. In 2014 and 2018 she was elected as a State Senator.

With Caribbean Exchange host, Nati Kamau-Nataki she gets into an impassioned retelling of her story from Jamaica to England to the United States, and sheds light on the complex realities of health care and the profound impact of policy decisions.

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