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Samantha Vance on Preparing Young Women

Posted Mar 08, 2017

Young women need guidance to prepare for the challenges that life will throw at them, and one organization is answering the call. In this edition of Comcast Newsmakers, Samantha Vance, Executive Director of Ladies Learning to Lead, discusses how she and her team are preparing young women in the state.

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