Ep 2.2 - The Woman Building a Village

The Mildly Crushing It Podcast · Sep 24, 2026 · 59m

Our first-ever in-studio guest is here, and she is one hell of a badass. At 70 years old, she stepped into raising her 11-year-old granddaughter with ASD—and instead of slowing down, she decided to change the game. Now, as the founder of the We Are Up Foundation, she’s creating a multimillion-dollar facility designed to support and house special needs and elderly individuals, provide access to services, and—maybe most importantly—create a community where nobody has to feel alone in their journey. We laughed, we talked, we got real, and we left feeling like maybe changing the world is still on…