Former Today co-host Jane Pauley has been back on the morning show with “Your Life Calling,” a monthly segment from AARP about reinvention after age 50. Pauley recently interviewed Boston’s own Mary Reed, the 71-year-old president of the Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children, founded in 2002 to strengthen early education and care for children through research, policy development, communication, and advocacy,” with a focus on low-income families and the early childhood workforce. The piece (see below) traces Reed’s interest in the issue back to the nursery school her mother ran in their home.
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Play the video, everybody! We all know Mary Reed, but take the time to review her inspiring life story. We need more Mary Reeds, but be grateful that we have this one. Be inspired.