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Lisa Truong is a social entrepreneur with 20 years experience in non-profit and communications sector. She has been working across sectors to build public and private partnerships to address diaper need since 2009. Under Lisa’s leadership, Help a Mother Out has grown from a grassroots, volunteer-run kitchen table idea to a nationally-recognized, policy-influencing organization with an annual operating budget of $2.5 million. During her tenure, HAMO established (2015) and operates the nation’s first publicly funded diaper program, the San Francisco Diaper Bank. Lisa is a 1.5 generation immigrant and grew up in the Bay Area. She is a graduate of the University of California, at Berkeley and is one of Jill's diaper banking idol's.   Please enjoy....Lisa!

The article referenced in the podcast can be found here: https://www.helpamotherout.org/blog/2015/11/4/if-the-government-can-make-cheese-why-cant-they-make-diapers