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The Beauty We Were Never Taught to See: Melissa Akie Wiley Rewriting Life's Fairy Tale
In this powerful episode of Roots+Rebirth™, Terri R. Broussard sits down with executive leader, speaker, and advocate Melissa Akie Wiley for a transformative conversation about disability, identity, beauty, trauma, and belonging.
Melissa shares the life-changing story of surviving a devastating dog attack at five years old that left her facially disfigured and launched her into decades of reconstructive surgeries. Together, Terri and Melissa unpack the hidden ways society ties women's worth to physical appearance and how childhood stories, media, and cultural narratives shape the way we see…
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