October 22, 2024 • 26 mins
Join me as we explore the transformative journey of Scrub Life Cares, my nonprofit, born from my experiences in Antigua and Uganda. Have you ever wondered how a simple vision can spark a movement for change? Discover how a profound encounter in Uganda ignited my passion for menstrual and reproductive health education and led to a ripple effect across Antigua and South Carolina communities. You'll hear my heartfelt story of perseverance, the challenges faced when building a nonprofit from scratch, and the joyful celebrations of our recent successes. Each step of this journey has been a testament to the power of belief and community.
In this episode, you'll find inspiration in Scrub Life Cares' impactful work as we engage with men, women, and children to advocate for reproductive health. I share emotional moments of realizing our broader impact and express sincere gratitude for the overwhelming support from the community and our podcast listeners. I invite you to join us on this mission as we celebrate our four-year anniversary. Pursue your dreams with courage, and remember: with dedication and community, change is possible, one step at a time.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Tea with Tanya.
I'm your host, tanya Ambrose,an average millennial navigating
life as a maternal healthprofessional, non-profit founder
and grad student.
Join me in the tea tasting roomwhere we spill the tea on
finding balance and promotingpositive living while doing it
all.
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Hey friend, welcome back toanother episode of Tea with
Tanya.
Today it's just me, and on thisepisode I'm trying to contain
my excitement.
But I want to take a moment toreflect on something that's
personal and close to my heartand I don't think I talk about
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it enough here on the podcast.
But I'm going to talk about myjourney.
Well, a little bit about myjourney as the founder of my
nonprofit organization, scrubLife Kickers.
You know what it's been like tolive out my dreams, the joy and
fulfillment it's brought me andeven the ripple effect it's
having in the communities thatwe serve.
Because, let me tell you this,your girl is talking to you on a
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high, high off of life, highoff of a successful event that
my nonprofit organizationrecently had.
It's just, it's just beeneverything, and I could not
share this with you Now.
Last week we spoke about frominspiration to impact and how to
create purpose and serve yourcommunity, and we had the
amazing Justice Faith on theepisode where she's a Forbes 30
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under 30 honoree.
She's also a member of theUnited Nations Women Leaders
Network and she is theco-founder of the amazing
organization Revolutionaire thatshe co-founded with her sister,
nia.
But something stuck out to mewhen I was talking to Justice on
last week's episode and that isthe quote that she said find
your spark, lean into your sparkand build community around your
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spark.
And at the time becausesometimes you know you record
episodes, not knowing exactlywhen they're going to air, but
most times I often do, because Ihave an amazing editor who
ensures that we have a schedulewe know what's going on.
But besides that, you know, atthe time when I'm planning this
season, I recorded an episode.
The episode came out the sameweek, the same week where my
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nonprofit had an event,something new that we tried, and
it came out the day after andit just put so much into
perspective.
Now I think back.
You know I want to talk about,you know, having a dream to not
live in the reality.
And I think back to when Ifirst had the idea to start
Scrub Life Kids.
You know, growing up in Antigua, I've witnessed people face
many challenges in their livesas well, and I often talk about.
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The reason behind starting ScrubLife Cures was when I was first
migrating to the United States.
I thought that you know, I'mgoing to come and I had to be a
millionaire in order for me togive back to Antigua, because I
often said, no matter where I amin this world, I am going to
give back to Antigua because Ioften said, no matter where I am
in this world, I am going togive back to Antigua in some way
, shape or form because I trulybelieve that being raised in
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Antigua that put me in aposition to survive anywhere in
the world.
It doesn't matter where in theworld I am, I will be able to
survive because of my upbringingin Antigua, and it wasn't until
I did that study about stintingin Uganda, africa, and we took
gently used clothes or menstrualproducts, hygiene products to
individuals who were in thevillages that were underserved
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or living in the slums as well,and I just remember that once
seeing someone free, bleeding onthemselves, then wondering,
when I go back to my place ofprivilege, what happens to this
individual, and I rememberthinking you know what?
This could be something that Ican do back in Antigua right Now
.
I will say no dating in theCaribbean.
When you're trying to find datato figure out where is the need,
where is an urgent need, it canbe very frustrating because we
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are not where we should be whenit comes to data collection,
right, and that's one of mygoals here at Scrub Life Care as
well.
So I think back to the firsttime when I had the idea and one
of the things that I said youknow what I wanted my nonprofit
to be global.
We're not quite there yet, butwe're making some waves.
But one of our primary focus isessentially providing health
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education, primarily in thereproductive health standpoint,
especially when it comes tomenstrual health, menstrual
hygiene management as well.
So I have that spark in me,especially after seeing that
individual just walking aroundfree bleeding because, again,
they didn't have access to thesemenstrual products that some of
us have access to, and I justhad the vision of creating a
space where underservedcommunities, especially our
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women and girls, could accessnot just resources but also the
education you know, empowermentand the knowledge that we all
deserve, that they deserve, andI remember feeling a sense of
urgency, like you know what.
This has to happen now.
But as we all know, my friend,or, if you didn't know, dreams
do not, they don't come to lifeovernight.
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I've had to learn that the hardway, because one thing about me
I'm a dreamer and I tend tohave very vivid, visceral dreams
.
But again, I've had to learnthat they don't happen or come
to life overnight.
And you know, it took some time, but perseverance is key.
So, you know, with perseveranceand, most importantly, belief
in the vision, you know, scrubLife Kids is now thriving and
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impacting many lives in Antiguaand here in South Carolina.
But this is a result of yearsof planting the seeds, of
planting the seeds of overcomingself-doubt sometimes I even
still struggle with that, to behonest, my friend and pushing
through the many challenges thatcomes with life.
But also running a non-profitorganization, especially
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especially if you're anoverachiever like myself, you
know.
And about a week and a half agobecause by the time this
episode episodes air, it wouldhave been a week and a day at
least where we had in veryintimate event, because we have
a program that's called work theflow and with that program we
have an after school program, anin-school program, where we
provide comprehensivereproductive and sexual health
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education, focusing on menstrualhealth as well, menstrual
hygiene management, periodpoverty and, if you don't know,
period poverty is a lack ofaccess to menstrual hygiene
products as well, and every yearin May, around the week of
Period Poverty Awareness Week,we have an event that's called
the Grow With the Flow Women andGirls Health Expo, but this
time around here in October, wehad an event that's called Grow
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With the Flow.
Your Voice Matters and let metell you I will say this because
we have been blessed to have somany different supporters we
are currently partnering with acompany outside of, in England
actually, where we're working tofigure out OK, where is the
need?
How can we better serve thatneed?
How can we ensure that you knowthe products that we're using
are safe?
You know like, what were theconsumers?
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What do they want in a mensualproduct, in a period product, so
that we can continue to work atensuring that this become a
reality as well, and I rememberbringing it to my team and
letting them know.
You know what we have to have aqualitative focus group,
research focus group X, y, z,and I created a flyer because,
you know, sometimes we're stilla small organization, so we
don't have a full-blown socialmedia manager.
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Okay, we have a team.
We're not a manager like that.
And I always remember that Icreated the flyer and some
members of my team were like youknow what?
We need to remove certain words.
We got to tailor the words tocater to the, the, the target
audience that we're serving.
And another thing as anon-profit founder, sometimes
I'm having to one check myprivilege but also to being a
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public health practitioner.
You know there's certainjargons, certain terms that we
use that the general public maynot always understand.
And as a public healthprofessional, one of our goals
is to ensure that when we'reproviding the education to our
population, that they're able tofully understand what is it
that we're sitting and talkingabout.
So, you know, you want to comedown to their level, and I
remember thinking when my teamsaid to me you know, we got to
change the wording, and I waslike no, I was kind of giving
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them a little pushback as well.
But one thing about me I'm afear.
I'm a fear fear leader and Ialso take the.
So this event was called, youknow, grow Up the Flow, your
Voice Matters, and one of thegoals for this event was for us
to, of course, have some datacollection, but you can't just
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go into an event and, becauseSquare Black is, we just cannot
do anything small, as small andintimate as this event should
have been or was.
Essentially, the experience isalways top tier.
Anything that we do, we want toensure that those who are in
vulnerable communities, thosewho are underserved or whatever
challenges, you're justvulnerable, you're going through
whatever in life, because weare going through something in
life Doesn't matter if it'spoverty, whatever it is.
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We want to ensure that we areelevating an experience so that,
when you're in the presence ofanything that Scrub Life Kids
does, you can walk away feelingempowered, feeling good about
yourself and feeling confident.
Right.
So, as much as we were supposedto be collecting some data, we
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had to make an interactivesession and let me tell you guys
, I don't even know what I feellike, I'm still processing this
feeling, but I can't help butfeel an overwhelming sense of
gratitude and joy, because thisevent, it wasn't just another
project for Scrub Life Kids.
It was a reminder.
It was a reminder of the powerof community connection and
education, and I remember justsitting there because I'm going
to tell you this this event wasplanned and I purposely ensured
that I wasn't a part of theevent.
When I say a part of the event,I was there physically, don't
get me wrong, but I wasn'teducating, I wasn't doing
anything.
I reached out to differentfacilitators, different people
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of the team, whatever it was, toensure that the event, the
vision that I had for it, cameto life.
But I didn't want to be theforefront of it because, I mean,
I'm already the face of SquadLife KS.
But I wanted to have, you know,different perspective,
different people and just beingon the sidelines, I got to
actually, for the first time ina long time, fully engage in
what was happening that nightand you know we were able to
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welcome women and girls and boysfrom various walks of life, you
know, all gathered in one spaceto learn, engage and advocate
for our health.
You know, one of the mostpowerful moments for me as I was
watching was, you know, havingthe young girls, from the young
to the old, just askinginsightful questions during the
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various subgroups that we had.
And I just knew, right then andthere, that we were making a
real difference.
And this is not saying that Ididn't know this back in May, I
didn't know this back in lastMay, but one of the things that
I struggle with as a founder isthat you know you want to create
an environment whereindividuals are again having an
elevated experience, they'regetting the knowledge that they
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need, they're getting theproducts that they need, they're
getting whatever they need,whatever gap there is that Scrub
Life Kids can fill, and everytime that I'm there I we have an
event or a session, I'm alwaysso up and down making sure that
everything is running smoothlythat I don't often get to fully
embrace and see what washappening.
So just seeing from theyoungest person there to the
oldest person, to again even theboys we had a decent turnout as
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it relates to boys and men andseeing them being a little bit
reluctant and shy in thebeginning to being actively
engaged in conversations by theend, truly honestly warm my
heart.
And I often tell people youknow at Scrub Life Cares as much
as we are focusing onindividual, you know women and
girls, people who menstruate.
We also we don't want to forgetabout our boys.
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You know our men in this aswell, because we cannot talk
about reproductive health andjust only focus on women,
because of course that's not.
I understand why we would tendto do that, but that's not what
we.
We thrive to do in ScrabbleLife Care because it's a
collective.
You know a boy is going to havea partner, a sister, aunt.
You know a girl is going tohave a brother, whatever it is.
So it's just important that wehave that health education and
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we know what it is that ishappening in our body.
So that that was just um, seeinghow theators were, the note
takers were.
You know how empowering theseyoung voices were and you know
taking control of their ownnarrative as it relates to their
reproductive health.
The energy was just so positive.
I'm trying to relay because youknow I'm sure you can hear the
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excitement in my voice.
I hope you can.
The energy was just so positivefrom, again, I guess, the
speakers who did theirpresentation, who shared
invaluable insights to those whoparticipated, you know, who
embraced every opportunity tolearn.
I, just I.
In that moment of the fouryears that I've been doing the
Described Life case, I saw I wasable to see the impact of what
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we're doing in real time andthat was just surreal for me.
Like you know, people left notjust with just knowledge but
with a renewed sense of purposeand empowerment and having
individuals walk up to me andtelling me you know, tanya,
you're doing good work in thecommunity.
You're going to this community,like you know, again, all the
and I'll use the word praise orthe thank you, but anything that
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we do as public is anythingthat I do, it comes from the
heart and it's not coming from alooking for an accolade or even
a thank you.
You know, of course, a thankyou can go along we don't get me
wrong now, but it's, it justbrought.
I was just, I was just grateful.
I was grateful, I was emotional, but I had to keep it together
because, you know, I got to be atough girl out here sometimes.
But, um, it's, it's just, itwas just, it just gave.
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It gave me, I guess, the answerthat I was looking for.
As far as you know, am I doingthe right thing, walking in my
purpose?
You know, and I think there'san indescribable joy in watching
your dream unfold, like I'veseen it with Scrub Life Kids
First, our program that we firststarted is offering strictly
menstrual products and nowworking on comprehensive
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reproductive health education,to working on a curriculum, to
doing all these amazing thingsthat we're doing, to partnering
with different entities,different businesses, go from a
dream to an idea, into somethingthat is tangible and impactful,
and I don't take that lightly.
You know, every time we delivereducational materials, every
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partnership that we form, everyindividual that we help, it
really does fill my heart,because I know this dream is no
longer just mine.
It's becoming a part of, it'sbecome a part of the fabric of
the community as well.
You know, again, seeing thesmiles receiving, you know,
words of gratitude and knowingthat someone's life is better
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because of Scrub Life Cares,that's honestly what keeps me
going.
That's what keeps me going.
It's just like this podcast.
Like you know, the last severalepisodes have been doing
extremely well.
You know, there's been momentswhere you know numbers will
fluctuate and I try not to playthe numbers game because if I do
, then I'll probably just noteven continue this podcast, to
be honest with you, my friend,but just the support from you
listening to this podcast,giving me your feedback.
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So whenever I ask for yourfeedback, it's not because I
want to gloat and, you know, gasmyself up, which I mean.
Sometimes we gotta gas eachother up, don't get me wrong now
, you know, but gas myself up,which I mean sometimes we got to
gas each other up, don't get mewrong.
Now you know.
But it's more so about ensuringthat I'm serving you in a way
that makes sense for you as well, because when I, when I sit
down and I have to plan a seasonor a series or whatever it is,
I want to ensure that I'mcomfortable talking about the
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things that I'm talking about.
You know, I've I'm not going toI don't want to say rebranded,
but I've shifted the directionof Tea with Tanya so many
different times, and that'sbecause, again, it has to be in
alignment with what my heart istelling me and what my heart is
feeling as well.
So this is what keeps me going,you know.
But more importantly, it's areminder that dreams aren't
meant to serve just us.
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They're meant to serve others,and I'm going to say this again,
my friend, you know, dreamsaren't meant to serve just us,
but they're meant to serveothers.
One thing that I was alsoincredibly proud of at our Work
to Flow your Voice matches eventwas the safe space we created.
You know, when we come in hereto the Tea Tasting Room, I want
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to create a safe space, a safeenvironment for us to have
conversations that we don'toften talk about.
So that's the experience that Iaim for, that we aim for at
Scrub Life Care.
So that safe space that wecreated, you know, from
discussions on menstrual hygieneto mental health, you know, it
was a place where women andgirls and the boys and guys
there could be vulnerable, sharetheir stories and also feel
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supported.
And that's the kind ofenvironment that I've always
dreamed of when it came tocreating Scrub Life Kids, where
there's just no shame or stigma,just open dialogue and learning
.
So seeing the community engagingthis way this night made me
realize that our mission isresonating and that the work
that we do is truly, trulytransforming lives, and I can't
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get enough of it.
Like, I'm talking to you and mymind is racing so fast because,
again, you just never know whatyou're going to do when you're
having an event.
Cause, let me tell you, hostingan event is no easy feat.
Okay, it is no easy feat, butone of the biggest lessons I've
learned through this journey isthe importance of staying
grounded in your why Right,because that's that's going to
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be very important.
Like I mentioned something fromthe last episode that Justice
would have said to us and thatis, you know, when you find your
spark, you want to lean intothat spark.
You want to find your spark,lean into your spark and build
community around your spark.
And for me, it's always beenabout addressing health
education.
You know, we focus on periodpoverty, mental equity, but just
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ensuring that people,especially those in the
underserved communities, haveaccess.
Have access, that's a big thing.
Have access to the resourcesand knowledge that they need.
And every time we hold aworkshop or we distribute any
sort of products, I'm remindedof my why.
And that's what keeps mefocused, especially when it
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comes to the differentchallenges that may arise as
well.
You know, I want to encourageyou, my friend, that whatever
your dream is, whatever visionyou have, just stay rooted in
why you started.
You know, I'm not telling you,you know, hey, go go find a
non-profit, but whatever dream,whatever your dream is, whatever
your, whatever vision you have,stay rooted in why you started,
because they're going to bemoments where you're going to
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doubt yourself or question ifit's worth it.
Because, let me tell you, I'vehad many of these moments too
often than I, than I care toadmit.
But if your dream is alignedwith purpose and service, trust
that the impact will be greaterthan you can imagine.
I want to tell you this again,my friend if your dream is
aligned with purpose and service, trust that the impact will be
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greater than you can imagine.
Because one of one of my mostjoyous thing from this event was
witnessing again the women andgirls and boys actively engage
with the discussions, the panels.
You know, whatever we had goingon, you know the icebreakers.
Like we've always emphasizedthat Scrub Life Kids is about
giving a platform to those whoare sometimes, often silenced or
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overlooked, and this eventembodied that spirit of
empowerment.
Like, I know, I've alwaystalked about empowerment,
empowerment, empowerment.
But this event, like, Iliterally could see the word
empowerment flowing through thevenue that night and it just
truly warmed my heart and it wasa beautiful reminder of why we
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do what we do to createenvironments where individuals
can feel seen, heard andsupported.
And the knowledge shared atthis event will undoubtedly, you
know it will ripple out intothe lives of many, creating, I
don't know, waves of change andconfidence.
And I believe it wholeheartedlybecause, again, that's been the
theme throughout the feedbackthat I've been receiving from
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individuals who attended theevent.
You know, growing up, many of usdidn't have access to the type
of education we're now providing, to our events that go out the
floor.
You know, seeing the youngpeople walk away with knowledge
that will empower them for yearsto come is one of the most
fulfilling parts of my journeywith Scrub Life.
It's not just aboutdistributing information,
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because, I mean, that's alwayseasy to do, but it's about
witnessing a true shift, myfriend, in how women and girls,
and even our boys, understandtheir bodies, their rights and
their voices.
And for me, and especially as apublic health professional, you
know I've always believed thatreal change starts with
education.
And seeing the individuals whoattend the events, the
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communities that we serve, seethem leave with tangible
knowledge, resources and even anewfound sense of self-worth,
was an emotional moment for me,like I had to.
Again, I had to hold the tearsback because it's like, girl,
don't let anybody say you're abig crier, you know.
But it's also just a testamentto the idea that dreams don't
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just live in the realm ofpossibility, but they come to
life and create meaningfulchange when you commit to the
vision.
So that big word, you got tocommit to the vision, my friend.
So again, you know, to all, toall the dreamers out there
listening, I want for you toknow that you know your dream
matters, whether it's starting anon-profit, whether it's
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launching a business, whetherit's, you know, start, you know
wanting to start a youtube,whatever it is, writing that
book that you've probably beenthinking and sitting up, sitting
on for the longest, while youknow your vision has the power
to change lives.
Now I'm gonna say this it maynot, it might not happen
immediately, because that's ifyou, if you found a dream that
you can, that happens overnight.
Please contact me because I'dlike to know.
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You know your vision has thepower to change lives and it's
not going to happen immediately,but I will tell you this and
take it from me if you don'tlisten to anything else from
this episode you know, withconsistency and faith in your
purpose, you'll see it come tolife.
So, again, if you have thatconsistency and faith in your
vision and your dream, you willsee it come to life.
And when you do, the joy ofknowing that you're impacting
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others will outweigh everychallenge you've ever faced.
And remember this, my friendit's okay to start small.
The Scrub Life Cures did notbegin as a huge organization.
You know, we're not even a hugeorganization yet.
It started with a desire tohelp a few people.
My mantra has always been ifyou can just serve and help one
person, then I'm doing my job.
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But as you stay consistent andcommitted, your dream will grow
and your impact will multiplyAgain.
As you stay consistent andcommitted, your dream will grow
and your impact will multiply.
So, my friend, please don'tgive up and don't let fear or
obstacles deter you.
Okay, now I will say this.
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You know organizing an eventcomes with its challenges.
You know you got to think aboutlogistical hurdles, last minute
adjustments.
We had a lot of last minuteadjustments and I'm so grateful
to everyone who was flexible andof course, there are moments of
doubt.
That moment of doubt for me waswhen we started at a particular
time.
We were 15, 30 minutes latebecause, again, it's a middle,
it's the beginning of the work,of the work week, and the
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numbers weren't looking how Iwanted it to look.
And then, by the time I blinked, it was like, wow, the numbers
exceeded what I thought we'regonna have as well.
But but looking back, you knowevery single challenge was worth
it, the joy I felt watchingthese participants many from
underserved communities absorbthe information like sponges and
could regurgitate it.
Knowing they were walking awayempowered reminded me of why,
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again, we, we do this work.
So every obstacle was astepping stone to that moment of
collective.
You know empowerment as well.
It's a joy.
It's a kind of joy that comeswhen you know your dream is no
longer just yours, you know itbecomes a like a catalyst for
change in the lives of others.
So I'm just so happy that wehad a successful event and I'm
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going to be honest, like I said,we are celebrating our
four-year anniversary this monthand this small, intimate event
how successful it was, you know.
It gave me so much clarityabout how crucial our mission is
and how much more work we stillhave to do, because the work is
honestly just getting started.
I'm going to be honest, it maysound cliche for me to say, but
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the work is getting started andthis night proved to me and gave
us the answers that we need asto how best we can serve our
community as well.
So it was a huge success.
I had to come here to theteacher's room to tell you
because let me tell you this,your girl, when I say I'm tired,
when I say I'm busy, I'm doingthe most.
It's always in a good way.
It's always to give back to thecommunity and there's just a
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lot more work to do when itcomes to providing comprehensive
health education.
You know, tackling periodpoverty, mental equity.
You know I'm already thinkingabout how we can even expand on
this intimate event because, ofcourse, you know we have a big
event in May.
But how can we bring it to morecommunities and reach more
people, because that also hasbeen a theme throughout the
feedback that we have gotten.
So I'm just so excited aboutthe future of Scrub Life Cares,
you know, for more events toexpand in our educational
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programs, building ourcurriculum and to continue to
form partnerships that amplifyour impact.
You know the journey, again, myfriend, is not always easy, but
moments like these, like thatnight, you know, make it so, so
worth it.
So again, whatever your dreamis, whether it's starting a
business, like I said, whateverit is, challenges will come, but
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the joy of living out yourpurpose will always outweigh the
obstacle.
Take it from me.
I know I'm living in my purposeby having this podcast here
with Tanya.
I get to come here with youevery week to talk about
something that's going to beempowering, whether it's to me,
to you, to a friend you may tellabout this podcast.
You know, it's really just agreat feeling living out your
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dream and knowing that you haveto take things one moment at a
time.
So, as I reflect on my journey,you know, I feel a deep sense
of gratitude for the people whobelieved in me, for the
communities that have embracedmy nonprofit organization, scrub
Life Kids, and for theopportunity to live out my dream
.
And there's much more to come.
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So I will tell you, I willleave you with this If you, my
friend, have a dream that's beenon your heart, please just take
the first step.
Just take it.
Start where you are, what youhave, what you have, and trust
the process.
Now, I know that trust theprocess phrase can sometimes be
a bit cliche, but let me tellyou this, make me tell you this
here.
Listen to me, okay.
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Start where you are with whatyou have and trust the process.
Start where you are with whatyou have and trust the process
and, as always, always, always,just continue to believe in
yourself.
You know, thank you so much, myfriend, for tuning in to Tea
with Tanya.
Let's continue to chase ourdreams and make an impact one
step at a time.
Now, if you want to supportScrub Life Careers, there will
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be a link in the show notes tolearn more about how you can get
involved or contribute.
There will be a link in theshow notes to learn more about
how you can get involved orcontribute.
Until next time, you know, keepon sipping that tea, keep
thriving and keep believing inyour dreams, and I hope you do
something for yourself betweenthis episode and the next
episode, because I want to hearabout it so definitely.
Thank you again for being apart of this journey with me.
The future of this podcast isbright, the future of my
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non-profit school life kit isbright and I'm excited to see
where we go from here.
So until next time, my friend,keep believing in your dreams
and keep working for change and,of course, keep sharing up here
in the Tea Tasting Room sippingwith me.
I love you for listening.
Thank you for joining me foranother episode of Tea with
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I love you for listening.
Welcome to Tea with Tanya.
I'm your host, tanya Ambrose,an average millennial navigating
life as a maternal healthprofessional, non-profit founder
and grad student.
Join me in the tea tasting roomwhere we spill the tea on
finding balance and promotingpositive living while doing it
all.
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Hey friend, welcome back toanother episode of Tea with
Tanya.
Today it's just me, and on thisepisode I'm trying to contain
my excitement.
But I want to take a moment toreflect on something that's
personal and close to my heartand I don't think I talk about
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it enough here on the podcast.
But I'm going to talk about myjourney.
Well, a little bit about myjourney as the founder of my
nonprofit organization, scrubLife Kickers.
You know what it's been like tolive out my dreams, the joy and
fulfillment it's brought me andeven the ripple effect it's
having in the communities thatwe serve.
Because, let me tell you this,your girl is talking to you on a
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high, high off of life, highoff of a successful event that
my nonprofit organizationrecently had.
It's just, it's just beeneverything, and I could not
share this with you Now.
Last week we spoke about frominspiration to impact and how to
create purpose and serve yourcommunity, and we had the
amazing Justice Faith on theepisode where she's a Forbes 30
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under 30 honoree.
She's also a member of theUnited Nations Women Leaders
Network and she is theco-founder of the amazing
organization Revolutionaire thatshe co-founded with her sister,
nia.
But something stuck out to mewhen I was talking to Justice on
last week's episode and that isthe quote that she said find
your spark, lean into your sparkand build community around your
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spark.
And at the time becausesometimes you know you record
episodes, not knowing exactlywhen they're going to air, but
most times I often do, because Ihave an amazing editor who
ensures that we have a schedulewe know what's going on.
But besides that, you know, atthe time when I'm planning this
season, I recorded an episode.
The episode came out the sameweek, the same week where my
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nonprofit had an event,something new that we tried, and
it came out the day after andit just put so much into
perspective.
Now I think back.
You know I want to talk about,you know, having a dream to not
live in the reality.
And I think back to when Ifirst had the idea to start
Scrub Life Kids.
You know, growing up in Antigua, I've witnessed people face
many challenges in their livesas well, and I often talk about.
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The reason behind starting ScrubLife Cures was when I was first
migrating to the United States.
I thought that you know, I'mgoing to come and I had to be a
millionaire in order for me togive back to Antigua, because I
often said, no matter where I amin this world, I am going to
give back to Antigua because Ioften said, no matter where I am
in this world, I am going togive back to Antigua in some way
, shape or form because I trulybelieve that being raised in
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Antigua that put me in aposition to survive anywhere in
the world.
It doesn't matter where in theworld I am, I will be able to
survive because of my upbringingin Antigua, and it wasn't until
I did that study about stintingin Uganda, africa, and we took
gently used clothes or menstrualproducts, hygiene products to
individuals who were in thevillages that were underserved
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or living in the slums as well,and I just remember that once
seeing someone free, bleeding onthemselves, then wondering,
when I go back to my place ofprivilege, what happens to this
individual, and I rememberthinking you know what?
This could be something that Ican do back in Antigua right Now
.
I will say no dating in theCaribbean.
When you're trying to find datato figure out where is the need,
where is an urgent need, it canbe very frustrating because we
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are not where we should be whenit comes to data collection,
right, and that's one of mygoals here at Scrub Life Care as
well.
So I think back to the firsttime when I had the idea and one
of the things that I said youknow what I wanted my nonprofit
to be global.
We're not quite there yet, butwe're making some waves.
But one of our primary focus isessentially providing health
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education, primarily in thereproductive health standpoint,
especially when it comes tomenstrual health, menstrual
hygiene management as well.
So I have that spark in me,especially after seeing that
individual just walking aroundfree bleeding because, again,
they didn't have access to thesemenstrual products that some of
us have access to, and I justhad the vision of creating a
space where underservedcommunities, especially our
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women and girls, could accessnot just resources but also the
education you know, empowermentand the knowledge that we all
deserve, that they deserve, andI remember feeling a sense of
urgency, like you know what.
This has to happen now.
But as we all know, my friend,or, if you didn't know, dreams
do not, they don't come to lifeovernight.
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I've had to learn that the hardway, because one thing about me
I'm a dreamer and I tend tohave very vivid, visceral dreams
.
But again, I've had to learnthat they don't happen or come
to life overnight.
And you know, it took some time, but perseverance is key.
So, you know, with perseveranceand, most importantly, belief
in the vision, you know, scrubLife Kids is now thriving and
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impacting many lives in Antiguaand here in South Carolina.
But this is a result of yearsof planting the seeds, of
planting the seeds of overcomingself-doubt sometimes I even
still struggle with that, to behonest, my friend and pushing
through the many challenges thatcomes with life.
But also running a non-profitorganization, especially
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especially if you're anoverachiever like myself, you
know.
And about a week and a half agobecause by the time this
episode episodes air, it wouldhave been a week and a day at
least where we had in veryintimate event, because we have
a program that's called work theflow and with that program we
have an after school program, anin-school program, where we
provide comprehensivereproductive and sexual health
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education, focusing on menstrualhealth as well, menstrual
hygiene management, periodpoverty and, if you don't know,
period poverty is a lack ofaccess to menstrual hygiene
products as well, and every yearin May, around the week of
Period Poverty Awareness Week,we have an event that's called
the Grow With the Flow Women andGirls Health Expo, but this
time around here in October, wehad an event that's called Grow
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With the Flow.
Your Voice Matters and let metell you I will say this because
we have been blessed to have somany different supporters we
are currently partnering with acompany outside of, in England
actually, where we're working tofigure out OK, where is the
need?
How can we better serve thatneed?
How can we ensure that you knowthe products that we're using
are safe?
You know like, what were theconsumers?
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What do they want in a mensualproduct, in a period product, so
that we can continue to work atensuring that this become a
reality as well, and I rememberbringing it to my team and
letting them know.
You know what we have to have aqualitative focus group,
research focus group X, y, z,and I created a flyer because,
you know, sometimes we're stilla small organization, so we
don't have a full-blown socialmedia manager.
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Okay, we have a team.
We're not a manager like that.
And I always remember that Icreated the flyer and some
members of my team were like youknow what?
We need to remove certain words.
We got to tailor the words tocater to the, the, the target
audience that we're serving.
And another thing as anon-profit founder, sometimes
I'm having to one check myprivilege but also to being a
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public health practitioner.
You know there's certainjargons, certain terms that we
use that the general public maynot always understand.
And as a public healthprofessional, one of our goals
is to ensure that when we'reproviding the education to our
population, that they're able tofully understand what is it
that we're sitting and talkingabout.
So, you know, you want to comedown to their level, and I
remember thinking when my teamsaid to me you know, we got to
change the wording, and I waslike no, I was kind of giving
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them a little pushback as well.
But one thing about me I'm afear.
I'm a fear fear leader and Ialso take the.
So this event was called, youknow, grow Up the Flow, your
Voice Matters, and one of thegoals for this event was for us
to, of course, have some datacollection, but you can't just
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go into an event and, becauseSquare Black is, we just cannot
do anything small, as small andintimate as this event should
have been or was.
Essentially, the experience isalways top tier.
Anything that we do, we want toensure that those who are in
vulnerable communities, thosewho are underserved or whatever
challenges, you're justvulnerable, you're going through
whatever in life, because weare going through something in
life Doesn't matter if it'spoverty, whatever it is.
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We want to ensure that we areelevating an experience so that,
when you're in the presence ofanything that Scrub Life Kids
does, you can walk away feelingempowered, feeling good about
yourself and feeling confident.
Right.
So, as much as we were supposedto be collecting some data, we
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had to make an interactivesession and let me tell you guys
, I don't even know what I feellike, I'm still processing this
feeling, but I can't help butfeel an overwhelming sense of
gratitude and joy, because thisevent, it wasn't just another
project for Scrub Life Kids.
It was a reminder.
It was a reminder of the powerof community connection and
education, and I remember justsitting there because I'm going
to tell you this this event wasplanned and I purposely ensured
that I wasn't a part of theevent.
When I say a part of the event,I was there physically, don't
get me wrong, but I wasn'teducating, I wasn't doing
anything.
I reached out to differentfacilitators, different people
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of the team, whatever it was, toensure that the event, the
vision that I had for it, cameto life.
But I didn't want to be theforefront of it because, I mean,
I'm already the face of SquadLife KS.
But I wanted to have, you know,different perspective,
different people and just beingon the sidelines, I got to
actually, for the first time ina long time, fully engage in
what was happening that nightand you know we were able to
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welcome women and girls and boysfrom various walks of life, you
know, all gathered in one spaceto learn, engage and advocate
for our health.
You know, one of the mostpowerful moments for me as I was
watching was, you know, havingthe young girls, from the young
to the old, just askinginsightful questions during the
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various subgroups that we had.
And I just knew, right then andthere, that we were making a
real difference.
And this is not saying that Ididn't know this back in May, I
didn't know this back in lastMay, but one of the things that
I struggle with as a founder isthat you know you want to create
an environment whereindividuals are again having an
elevated experience, they'regetting the knowledge that they
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need, they're getting theproducts that they need, they're
getting whatever they need,whatever gap there is that Scrub
Life Kids can fill, and everytime that I'm there I we have an
event or a session, I'm alwaysso up and down making sure that
everything is running smoothlythat I don't often get to fully
embrace and see what washappening.
So just seeing from theyoungest person there to the
oldest person, to again even theboys we had a decent turnout as
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it relates to boys and men andseeing them being a little bit
reluctant and shy in thebeginning to being actively
engaged in conversations by theend, truly honestly warm my
heart.
And I often tell people youknow at Scrub Life Cares as much
as we are focusing onindividual, you know women and
girls, people who menstruate.
We also we don't want to forgetabout our boys.
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You know our men in this aswell, because we cannot talk
about reproductive health andjust only focus on women,
because of course that's not.
I understand why we would tendto do that, but that's not what
we.
We thrive to do in ScrabbleLife Care because it's a
collective.
You know a boy is going to havea partner, a sister, aunt.
You know a girl is going tohave a brother, whatever it is.
So it's just important that wehave that health education and
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we know what it is that ishappening in our body.
So that that was just um, seeinghow theators were, the note
takers were.
You know how empowering theseyoung voices were and you know
taking control of their ownnarrative as it relates to their
reproductive health.
The energy was just so positive.
I'm trying to relay because youknow I'm sure you can hear the
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excitement in my voice.
I hope you can.
The energy was just so positivefrom, again, I guess, the
speakers who did theirpresentation, who shared
invaluable insights to those whoparticipated, you know, who
embraced every opportunity tolearn.
I, just I.
In that moment of the fouryears that I've been doing the
Described Life case, I saw I wasable to see the impact of what
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we're doing in real time andthat was just surreal for me.
Like you know, people left notjust with just knowledge but
with a renewed sense of purposeand empowerment and having
individuals walk up to me andtelling me you know, tanya,
you're doing good work in thecommunity.
You're going to this community,like you know, again, all the
and I'll use the word praise orthe thank you, but anything that
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we do as public is anythingthat I do, it comes from the
heart and it's not coming from alooking for an accolade or even
a thank you.
You know, of course, a thankyou can go along we don't get me
wrong now, but it's, it justbrought.
I was just, I was just grateful.
I was grateful, I was emotional, but I had to keep it together
because, you know, I got to be atough girl out here sometimes.
But, um, it's, it's just, itwas just, it just gave.
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It gave me, I guess, the answerthat I was looking for.
As far as you know, am I doingthe right thing, walking in my
purpose?
You know, and I think there'san indescribable joy in watching
your dream unfold, like I'veseen it with Scrub Life Kids
First, our program that we firststarted is offering strictly
menstrual products and nowworking on comprehensive
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reproductive health education,to working on a curriculum, to
doing all these amazing thingsthat we're doing, to partnering
with different entities,different businesses, go from a
dream to an idea, into somethingthat is tangible and impactful,
and I don't take that lightly.
You know, every time we delivereducational materials, every
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partnership that we form, everyindividual that we help, it
really does fill my heart,because I know this dream is no
longer just mine.
It's becoming a part of, it'sbecome a part of the fabric of
the community as well.
You know, again, seeing thesmiles receiving, you know,
words of gratitude and knowingthat someone's life is better
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because of Scrub Life Cares,that's honestly what keeps me
going.
That's what keeps me going.
It's just like this podcast.
Like you know, the last severalepisodes have been doing
extremely well.
You know, there's been momentswhere you know numbers will
fluctuate and I try not to playthe numbers game because if I do
, then I'll probably just noteven continue this podcast, to
be honest with you, my friend,but just the support from you
listening to this podcast,giving me your feedback.
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So whenever I ask for yourfeedback, it's not because I
want to gloat and, you know, gasmyself up, which I mean.
Sometimes we gotta gas eachother up, don't get me wrong now
, you know, but gas myself up,which I mean sometimes we got to
gas each other up, don't get mewrong.
Now you know.
But it's more so about ensuringthat I'm serving you in a way
that makes sense for you as well, because when I, when I sit
down and I have to plan a seasonor a series or whatever it is,
I want to ensure that I'mcomfortable talking about the
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things that I'm talking about.
You know, I've I'm not going toI don't want to say rebranded,
but I've shifted the directionof Tea with Tanya so many
different times, and that'sbecause, again, it has to be in
alignment with what my heart istelling me and what my heart is
feeling as well.
So this is what keeps me going,you know.
But more importantly, it's areminder that dreams aren't
meant to serve just us.
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They're meant to serve others,and I'm going to say this again,
my friend, you know, dreamsaren't meant to serve just us,
but they're meant to serveothers.
One thing that I was alsoincredibly proud of at our Work
to Flow your Voice matches eventwas the safe space we created.
You know, when we come in hereto the Tea Tasting Room, I want
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to create a safe space, a safeenvironment for us to have
conversations that we don'toften talk about.
So that's the experience that Iaim for, that we aim for at
Scrub Life Care.
So that safe space that wecreated, you know, from
discussions on menstrual hygieneto mental health, you know, it
was a place where women andgirls and the boys and guys
there could be vulnerable, sharetheir stories and also feel
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supported.
And that's the kind ofenvironment that I've always
dreamed of when it came tocreating Scrub Life Kids, where
there's just no shame or stigma,just open dialogue and learning
.
So seeing the community engagingthis way this night made me
realize that our mission isresonating and that the work
that we do is truly, trulytransforming lives, and I can't
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get enough of it.
Like, I'm talking to you and mymind is racing so fast because,
again, you just never know whatyou're going to do when you're
having an event.
Cause, let me tell you, hostingan event is no easy feat.
Okay, it is no easy feat, butone of the biggest lessons I've
learned through this journey isthe importance of staying
grounded in your why Right,because that's that's going to
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be very important.
Like I mentioned something fromthe last episode that Justice
would have said to us and thatis, you know, when you find your
spark, you want to lean intothat spark.
You want to find your spark,lean into your spark and build
community around your spark.
And for me, it's always beenabout addressing health
education.
You know, we focus on periodpoverty, mental equity, but just
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ensuring that people,especially those in the
underserved communities, haveaccess.
Have access, that's a big thing.
Have access to the resourcesand knowledge that they need.
And every time we hold aworkshop or we distribute any
sort of products, I'm remindedof my why.
And that's what keeps mefocused, especially when it
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comes to the differentchallenges that may arise as
well.
You know, I want to encourageyou, my friend, that whatever
your dream is, whatever visionyou have, just stay rooted in
why you started.
You know, I'm not telling you,you know, hey, go go find a
non-profit, but whatever dream,whatever your dream is, whatever
your, whatever vision you have,stay rooted in why you started,
because they're going to bemoments where you're going to
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doubt yourself or question ifit's worth it.
Because, let me tell you, I'vehad many of these moments too
often than I, than I care toadmit.
But if your dream is alignedwith purpose and service, trust
that the impact will be greaterthan you can imagine.
I want to tell you this again,my friend if your dream is
aligned with purpose and service, trust that the impact will be
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greater than you can imagine.
Because one of one of my mostjoyous thing from this event was
witnessing again the women andgirls and boys actively engage
with the discussions, the panels.
You know, whatever we had goingon, you know the icebreakers.
Like we've always emphasizedthat Scrub Life Kids is about
giving a platform to those whoare sometimes, often silenced or
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overlooked, and this eventembodied that spirit of
empowerment.
Like, I know, I've alwaystalked about empowerment,
empowerment, empowerment.
But this event, like, Iliterally could see the word
empowerment flowing through thevenue that night and it just
truly warmed my heart and it wasa beautiful reminder of why we
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do what we do to createenvironments where individuals
can feel seen, heard andsupported.
And the knowledge shared atthis event will undoubtedly, you
know it will ripple out intothe lives of many, creating, I
don't know, waves of change andconfidence.
And I believe it wholeheartedlybecause, again, that's been the
theme throughout the feedbackthat I've been receiving from
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individuals who attended theevent.
You know, growing up, many of usdidn't have access to the type
of education we're now providing, to our events that go out the
floor.
You know, seeing the youngpeople walk away with knowledge
that will empower them for yearsto come is one of the most
fulfilling parts of my journeywith Scrub Life.
It's not just aboutdistributing information,
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because, I mean, that's alwayseasy to do, but it's about
witnessing a true shift, myfriend, in how women and girls,
and even our boys, understandtheir bodies, their rights and
their voices.
And for me, and especially as apublic health professional, you
know I've always believed thatreal change starts with
education.
And seeing the individuals whoattend the events, the
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communities that we serve, seethem leave with tangible
knowledge, resources and even anewfound sense of self-worth,
was an emotional moment for me,like I had to.
Again, I had to hold the tearsback because it's like, girl,
don't let anybody say you're abig crier, you know.
But it's also just a testamentto the idea that dreams don't
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just live in the realm ofpossibility, but they come to
life and create meaningfulchange when you commit to the
vision.
So that big word, you got tocommit to the vision, my friend.
So again, you know, to all, toall the dreamers out there
listening, I want for you toknow that you know your dream
matters, whether it's starting anon-profit, whether it's
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launching a business, whetherit's, you know, start, you know
wanting to start a youtube,whatever it is, writing that
book that you've probably beenthinking and sitting up, sitting
on for the longest, while youknow your vision has the power
to change lives.
Now I'm gonna say this it maynot, it might not happen
immediately, because that's ifyou, if you found a dream that
you can, that happens overnight.
Please contact me because I'dlike to know.
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You know your vision has thepower to change lives and it's
not going to happen immediately,but I will tell you this and
take it from me if you don'tlisten to anything else from
this episode you know, withconsistency and faith in your
purpose, you'll see it come tolife.
So, again, if you have thatconsistency and faith in your
vision and your dream, you willsee it come to life.
And when you do, the joy ofknowing that you're impacting
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others will outweigh everychallenge you've ever faced.
And remember this, my friendit's okay to start small.
The Scrub Life Cures did notbegin as a huge organization.
You know, we're not even a hugeorganization yet.
It started with a desire tohelp a few people.
My mantra has always been ifyou can just serve and help one
person, then I'm doing my job.
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But as you stay consistent andcommitted, your dream will grow
and your impact will multiplyAgain.
As you stay consistent andcommitted, your dream will grow
and your impact will multiply.
So, my friend, please don'tgive up and don't let fear or
obstacles deter you.
Okay, now I will say this.
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You know organizing an eventcomes with its challenges.
You know you got to think aboutlogistical hurdles, last minute
adjustments.
We had a lot of last minuteadjustments and I'm so grateful
to everyone who was flexible andof course, there are moments of
doubt.
That moment of doubt for me waswhen we started at a particular
time.
We were 15, 30 minutes latebecause, again, it's a middle,
it's the beginning of the work,of the work week, and the
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numbers weren't looking how Iwanted it to look.
And then, by the time I blinked, it was like, wow, the numbers
exceeded what I thought we'regonna have as well.
But but looking back, you knowevery single challenge was worth
it, the joy I felt watchingthese participants many from
underserved communities absorbthe information like sponges and
could regurgitate it.
Knowing they were walking awayempowered reminded me of why,
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again, we, we do this work.
So every obstacle was astepping stone to that moment of
collective.
You know empowerment as well.
It's a joy.
It's a kind of joy that comeswhen you know your dream is no
longer just yours, you know itbecomes a like a catalyst for
change in the lives of others.
So I'm just so happy that wehad a successful event and I'm
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going to be honest, like I said,we are celebrating our
four-year anniversary this monthand this small, intimate event
how successful it was, you know.
It gave me so much clarityabout how crucial our mission is
and how much more work we stillhave to do, because the work is
honestly just getting started.
I'm going to be honest, it maysound cliche for me to say, but
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the work is getting started andthis night proved to me and gave
us the answers that we need asto how best we can serve our
community as well.
So it was a huge success.
I had to come here to theteacher's room to tell you
because let me tell you this,your girl, when I say I'm tired,
when I say I'm busy, I'm doingthe most.
It's always in a good way.
It's always to give back to thecommunity and there's just a
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lot more work to do when itcomes to providing comprehensive
health education.
You know, tackling periodpoverty, mental equity.
You know I'm already thinkingabout how we can even expand on
this intimate event because, ofcourse, you know we have a big
event in May.
But how can we bring it to morecommunities and reach more
people, because that also hasbeen a theme throughout the
feedback that we have gotten.
So I'm just so excited aboutthe future of Scrub Life Cares,
you know, for more events toexpand in our educational
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programs, building ourcurriculum and to continue to
form partnerships that amplifyour impact.
You know the journey, again, myfriend, is not always easy, but
moments like these, like thatnight, you know, make it so, so
worth it.
So again, whatever your dreamis, whether it's starting a
business, like I said, whateverit is, challenges will come, but
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the joy of living out yourpurpose will always outweigh the
obstacle.
Take it from me.
I know I'm living in my purposeby having this podcast here
with Tanya.
I get to come here with youevery week to talk about
something that's going to beempowering, whether it's to me,
to you, to a friend you may tellabout this podcast.
You know, it's really just agreat feeling living out your
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dream and knowing that you haveto take things one moment at a
time.
So, as I reflect on my journey,you know, I feel a deep sense
of gratitude for the people whobelieved in me, for the
communities that have embracedmy nonprofit organization, scrub
Life Kids, and for theopportunity to live out my dream
.
And there's much more to come.
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So I will tell you, I willleave you with this If you, my
friend, have a dream that's beenon your heart, please just take
the first step.
Just take it.
Start where you are, what youhave, what you have, and trust
the process.
Now, I know that trust theprocess phrase can sometimes be
a bit cliche, but let me tellyou this, make me tell you this
here.
Listen to me, okay.
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Start where you are with whatyou have and trust the process.
Start where you are with whatyou have and trust the process
and, as always, always, always,just continue to believe in
yourself.
You know, thank you so much, myfriend, for tuning in to Tea
with Tanya.
Let's continue to chase ourdreams and make an impact one
step at a time.
Now, if you want to supportScrub Life Careers, there will
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be a link in the show notes tolearn more about how you can get
involved or contribute.
There will be a link in theshow notes to learn more about
how you can get involved orcontribute.
Until next time, you know, keepon sipping that tea, keep
thriving and keep believing inyour dreams, and I hope you do
something for yourself betweenthis episode and the next
episode, because I want to hearabout it so definitely.
Thank you again for being apart of this journey with me.
The future of this podcast isbright, the future of my
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non-profit school life kit isbright and I'm excited to see
where we go from here.
So until next time, my friend,keep believing in your dreams
and keep working for change and,of course, keep sharing up here
in the Tea Tasting Room sippingwith me.
I love you for listening.
Thank you for joining me foranother episode of Tea with
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Tanya.
If you like this episode, besure to share it with a friend.
Don't forget to follow onInstagram at Tea with Tanya
podcast, be sure to subscribe tothe weekly Tea Talk newsletter
and, of course rate on Apple orSpotify and subscribe wherever
you listen.
See you next time.
I love you for listening.
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