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Perspectives from a Post-Menopausal Brown Girl in CRM - Ep 95

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Nobody had tested that hypothesis, so I tested it—and I found they could be found in the documents.

Heritage Voices hosts Trish Fernandez, president and CEO of InContext CRM firm and former RPA president. Episode traces her unconventional career path from business major to cultural anthropology to 30+ years in cultural resource management. Highlights include her transformative college experience discovering anthropology, mentorship relationships that shaped her career, balancing motherhood with professional development, thesis research on Mexican miners in California Gold Rush, and eventually founding her women and minority-owned CRM corporation. She emphasizes how her research challenged assumptions about indigenous and Mexican worker visibility in archaeological records, contributing to more inclusive historical understanding.

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