Mary Chung Hayashi is an award-winning author, national healthcare leader, and former member of the California State Assembly. With a distinguished career in public service, she has spearheaded substantial reforms in mental health services, championed gender equality, and forged powerful, unprecedented partnerships for social causes that previously had no financial or public backing. Mary has been recognized as “Legislator of the Year” by the American Red Cross and the California Medical Association. Mary joins us to talk about her new book "Women in Politics: Breaking Down the Barriers to Achieve True Representation."

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