Maria Leonard Olsen is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry in the early 1960s. She is an author, attorney, recovery mentor, writing/empowerment retreat leader, and co-host of D.C.’s Inside Out radio show. Maria graduated from Boston College and the University of Virginia School of Law, served in the Clinton Administration's Justice Department and on numerous charitable boards, and has fostered newborn babies awaiting adoption. Maria has spoken at the Pennsylvania Women’s Conference, the National March to End Rape Culture, L.A.’s Mixed Remixed Festival, FierceCon LA, The Japanese American National Museum's Family Day, the Washington Independent Review of Books, the U.S. Department of Justice's Asian American Month Celebration and as a corporate motivational speaker. Her talk has been featured on C-Span’s Book TV. Her latest book, 50 After 50--Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life, which was selected for the Press Club’s National Book Fair, has served as a vehicle to help people across the country reinvigorate their lives and become their best version. See www.MariaLeonardOlsen.com and @fiftyafter50.