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Podcast: Billified: The Bill Moran Podcast
Episode: If I Make It to 16…
Description: Mercedes Vasquez Simmons doesn’t just talk about change… she walks into it swinging.Monroe County legislator. Boxing promoter. Former beauty queen. And if you’ve been anywhere near Bill’s Facebook lately—you’ve seen her in the streets doing the work.But this isn’t politics as usual.She came back to Rochester for one reason: family.Her mother—a civil rights fighter who helped Puerto Ricans gain the right to vote—set the tone.Father Tracy—community pillar—showed her what service actually looks like.Both gone now… but their mission? Still...