<h1><strong>📍Berkeley, California, USA. </strong>From a young age Shola was captured by the power of our minds. Her high school friends allege that her answer to the what do you want to be when you grow up question was to explore how we could use our minds to fly. That dream did end up translating into what she does today as a behavioral scientist. She spends time promoting healthy behavior change among youth through her work at Y Labs. There she works like a detective, collecting evidence to decipher the mystery of how young people make decisions about their health.</h1>

Todd Finklestone: Responding to Disasters while Helping Orphaned Children

In order to create global change, we need a new wave of people interested in, and working on, doing it. Why It Matters is a podcast that showcases the innovators who are. In each episode, you will listen to a guest from a different corner of the globe, and hear why their work matters. We hope this inspires you.