San Francisco Stories from StoryCorps and KALW: A lesson from an unlikely mentor
From: KALW
Length: 02:52
We all have a favorite teacher. Someone who was much more than an instructor. Someone who stepped in when we needed them the most. When her mother was ill, 24-year-old Sophia Simon-Ortiz found that someone in 72-year-old Edythe Boone – an arts educator who found her own inspiration from an unlikely mentor. They sat down together in San Francisco’s StoryCorps booth.
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KALW 91.7 FM:
February 10, 2011
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We all have a favorite teacher. Someone who was much more than an instructor. Someone who stepped in when we needed them the most. When her mother was ill, 24-year-old Sophia Simon-Ortiz found that someone in 72-year-old Edythe Boone – an arts educator who found her own inspiration from an unlikely mentor. They sat down together in San Francisco’s StoryCorps booth.
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SOPHIA SIMON-ORTIZ: Who do you think in your life have been the most important in being there for you?
EDYTHE BOONE: My mother used to be a maid for this lady named Ms. Gilmore. And from the time I was 10- or 11-years old, I used to go with my mother to help her clean. This lady and I became friends. You know, my mother’s employer. Sometimes we would talk on the phone. She would send me books. She had a factory of clothing. I would go down there and get clothes. I used to dress really good.
SIMON-ORTIZ. You...
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