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Welcome to Straight Talking with Kelly Armstrong where you will meet the most talented, intelligent, and creative people who come to share tips, resources, and knowledge on various topics.

The guest comes from a magnitude of industries that include Education, Music, Television, Theater, Fashion, Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Community Advocates, and much more!

Episode #20 Straight Talking with Kelly- Tiffany Gorman, Windy City Doula, and Malia Cohen, Member of the California State Board of Equalization

Join me and my guest Tiffany Gorman and Malia Cohen as we talk about the importance of having a doula and balancing motherhood and career.

About Tiffany Gorman
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Tiffany Gorman earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Fisk University a historically Black University in Nashville, Tennessee, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. After years in professional kitchens, having her daughter caused her to change careers to early childhood education. She is a recent master’s graduate from Erikson Institute in early childhood development, works at Windy City Doula, and is a Chicago Volunteer doula. Tiffany was born and raised in San Francisco but now lives in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood on the far south side of the city. You can find out more at www.gormanhousepublishing.com.

About Malia Cohen
Email: maliacohen@boe.ca.gov
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Twitter:@MaliaCohen
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Website:https://www.boe.ca.gov/cohen/
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Malia Cohen was born and raised in San Francisco. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, Tennessee, and a Master’s in Science in Public Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Malia M. Cohen serves as a Member of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), California’s elected tax commission. * She was elected to the BOE in November 2018 and is the first African American woman to serve on the Board. As the BOE Board Member for District 2, she represents 10 million constituents living in all or parts of 23 counties extending from Del Norte County in the north to Santa Barbara County in the south. Prior to being elected to the Board of Equalization, Chair Cohen served as President of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. She was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2010 and re-elected in 2014.

About Kelly Armstrong Your Podcast Host:
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Kelly Armstrong has more than 25 years of experience in public relations and image consulting. As the founder of Artist Development/Imagemaking, Armstrong enjoys helping people “be their best, by looking and feeling their best” in body and spirit by giving advice about skincare, makeup, grooming, overall personal appearance, presentation skills, and job readiness training, she also teaches Image Consulting at City College of San Francisco. Armstrong has worked with KKSF Radio, partnered with the Plant Recording Studio and stores like Wilkes Bashford, she has dressed artists for album covers and videos she has freelanced as a makeup artist with clients that included CBS 5 (KPIX), San Francisco’s Mayor Willie Brown, and taught makeup classes through CCSF Extended Education Program. Faz Restaurants, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Chevron, Renaissance Entrepreneurial Center, Independent Living, Brookside Hospital, and San Francisco Unified School District, and others have also benefited from Armstrong’s public relations and image consulting expertise.
Working in the underserved Bayview Hunter’s Point neighborhood in San Francisco, Armstrong is the Founder of the Primed & Prepped: A Hospitality Management/Culinary Arts Mentoring and Job Training Program at the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA. The purpose of the program is to help mitigate the barriers to employment for young males and females of color.