Audio produced by StoryCorps Studios in partnership with GBH Boston.
In this recording, Julia Juarez-Kostelnik speaks with her mother Della Kostelnik Juarez about her formative years in Seattle public schools. Della describes the importance of her principal Roberta Byrd Barr – an activist, actress, and educator – in teaching her the politics of social justice. She also recalls her parents’ efforts to inculcate a diverse worldview in her, signing her up for a volunteer busing program in Seattle during the 1960s.
Audio recorded virtually on June 6, 2023.
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