55. [Career Exploration] Embracing Sustainability: From Dentistry to Founding a Sustainable Fashion Company with Maria Burgos

Embark on an inspiring journey into the realm of sustainability with our latest podcast episode! This episode features Maria Burgos, who went from a career in dentistry to becoming the founder of Trendy Seconds, a sustainable fashion company. Maria shares her captivating career transformation and offers a glimpse into the revolutionary world of sustainable fashion and living.

Discover how the tide is turning against fast fashion, with young individuals leading the way through clothing swap parties, extending the lifespan of their clothes, and minimizing environmental impact. Learn valuable insights on maximizing your current wardrobe, defining your personal style, and preserving your favorite sneakers. Explore the impact of small, sustainable choices, from secondhand shopping to embracing energy transitions. Maria provides practical advice on initiating sustainable practices, emphasizing how each decision can create a positive ripple effect on the environment.

Dive deep into the realm of sustainable living, exploring how minor lifestyle adjustments can make a significant impact. Maria shares insider tips on taking a hiatus from your wardrobe, rekindling your love for your clothes, and making mindful choices while shopping for new items. The conversation doesn't stop there – we delve into potential career opportunities in sustainable fashion and professions focused on sustainability regardless of the industry or career you are pursuing. Tune in and join us on the path to becoming more conscious citizens, both for ourselves and for the planet.

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Speaker 1: 0:01

Welcome to the College and Career Ready podcast, your go-to resource for all things related to preparing our students for success in their college and career journey. My name is Sonia Casique and I will be your host and guide on this exciting journey toward the bright future. Our mission is simple who empower our parents and students by elevating their confidence and resourcefulness? We believe that you deserve all the tools and support necessary to open the doors to endless possibilities of success, and with our community, you don't have to do this alone. So come with me and let's get started. Have you ever wondered how careers are evolving in today's rapidly changing landscape? Ever wondered on the environmental impact of the fashion industry on our environment? Today, in this episode, we will be discussing and sharing the rise of sustainability-focused professions. Thank you, friend, for joining us today. To all our new listeners, welcome. I'm excited to share this space with you. Whether you're driving, walking, exercising or sipping your cup of coffee, I am grateful that we are spending this time together. My goal is always to motivate, inspire and share with you the many career options out there. Really, my friend, the sky is the limit.

Speaker 1: 1:27

Today, we're diving deep into the journey of Maria Burgos, the mastermind behind Trendy Seconds. She shares her career journey, moving from a career in dentistry to discovering her passion for sustainability in fashion, eventually leading to her founding Trendy Seconds. She explains the environmental impact of the fashion industry and the ethos behind her company, which is to choose better, use longer and repurpose. Maria suggests ways to make more sustainable clothes, sustainable choices, and emphasizes the importance of making small, manageable changes toward sustainability. The discussion also touches upon potential career opportunities in the field of sustainable fashion and sustainability focused professions. So join us, friend, on this amazing conversation. So, without further ado, let's get started. Welcome, maria. Welcome to our College of Career-Ready podcast. How are you today?

Speaker 2: 2:30

Hi, sonya, I'm good. Thank you for having me again. How are you?

Speaker 1: 2:34

I'm great and for those who have not listened to our first interview, can you tell us a little bit about your background?

Speaker 2: 2:43

Oh, wow, yes, so my background is actually in the health care industry. I got a degree as a dentist, but I never practiced as one. Early on my college years, I founded my first company, and that was the Ahaml moment for me that made me realize that I was not tapping into some other skills that I truly stumbled upon. They were related to business. That was the moment where I realized that maybe I was gearing towards a different future. Then I ended up working. I got an MBA degree. I worked on the financial industry and after that in big corporations in sales and marketing.

Speaker 1: 3:21

Tell us a little bit about your company. Where did this idea come from, and where did you educate yourself about sustainability and fashion?

Speaker 2: 3:31

It started. I'm a super curious person. That has been the asset or the skill set that has allowed me to transfer knowledge from one industry to another. So this idea and this company started out of my own necessity as a consumer. So back in 2020, I was cleaning out my closet.

Speaker 2: 3:51

We were stuck at home in the middle of the pandemic. I had two kids, so I was kind of like going into this deep cleaning phase at the house and I got a bunch of stuff to donate for the first time here in the United States From Venezuela. I have been living here for about five years, so at that point I had never really donated a lot of clothes. So I started to research online what I could do with these clothes here in Houston and in that research I started to read about the environmental impact of our closets and I kind of got really passionate about that and I donated the clothes to one specific local church. And after that I kept researching in the rabbit hole because I was so curious about this and I learned different ways in which I could create a better impact or a lesser negative impact for the environment with my closet, because it was unintended, I didn't know that my clothes was creating this or the industry was creating this. So I learned that I could maybe buy some second hand clothes in order to reduce my negative footprint, and when I wanted to do that online, it was so hard that I was just so frustrated. I say this is so hard. This should be made super easy so more people can do it. So the idea started from there and then the concept evolved into not just offering curated second hand clothes from multiple sites, but actually being a platform that is promoting a more responsible fashion consumption mindset. So that is what I'm doing right now. In my platform, you can go and you can find curated second hand clothes and preveted new, sustainable styles from brands that are working in a better way for people on the planet. But you can also find multiple podcasts like this one where I'm promoting this mindset, because at the end, I understood out of my own journey as a consumer that is more about the mindset than it is about the product.

Speaker 2: 6:06

Tell us a little bit more about that. When we talk about sustainability, there's not one single recipe or concept that says if you do X, y and Z, then you're being sustainable, because it's so broad. It's a very broad topic, like, specifically, when we talk about sustainability as a big concept, we can say that it's the balance between the economics, the environment and the people that are involved in the process. So, when it comes to fashion, you're selling products, you're manufacturing products. You need to take into account these three points. Yes, it needs to be profitable, but it cannot be at the expense of our environment or our people. Right? So it's finding that balance.

Speaker 2: 6:58

And within the sustainable topics, there are many multiple avenues that we can take, both from a business standpoint or as a consumer, and I will focus on the consumer part. And I talk about the mindset, because it's about how we approach consumption. Right Right now, our systems are built for us to be linear consumers. This means that we buy, use and dispose, so everything that we buy from this concept becomes waste eventually. So, when it comes to clothes, we are consuming more clothes than ever, using it less than ever, so we are polluting more than ever. Right now, we are using one garment on average only seven times before we get rid of it. We have duplicated the amount of garments in our closets over the past two decades, and now we have landfills filled with clothes in very good condition that we can actually see from outer space because they're so big.

Speaker 2: 8:00

Wow, so consumption starts from there, like we are consuming way more than we need, at a speed that our planet cannot support, because, if you think about this, we need resources that are extracted from nature in order to make clothes.

Speaker 2: 8:18

So if we are just exploiting them as if they were infinite which they are not then this is a problem. We understand that this is a problem, because not only we are extracting them as if you know, we were the last generations here but also we are using them less than ever, because now you know we can find clothes that is so cheap, then, on our heads and our minds, they are basically a disposable category. I just throw it away and I buy a new t-shirt. That's super easy, because we are not really appreciating the value of that product. We're only paying a price. That is an attack. But actually, for example, for cotton t-shirt, it takes 700 gallons of water to make one. So we are just exposing that, regardless of the fact that the water might come from the rain or from different supply, is water that could be used towards something else.

Speaker 1: 9:17

I really appreciate you sharing this, because we have parents and student listeners, especially parents of teens, and this is so important because it's not only what we're doing to ourselves, but it's what we're leaving behind and our next generation. We really need to set the standard for them. We really need to educate them, because it's something that's very important. I think about you all the time when I'm in Houston, too, and we walk outside and I hear either my husband or the children complain of the heat, and my immediate response is okay, what are we doing that we can help, because we can complain about the heat all we want they and I and complain, but what is it that we really are doing that can help, at least if it's a little bit? And in reference to your explanation of how much water it takes to make a t-shirt you don't even have water right now. That water is essential. It's an essential, has always been an essential resource, but now, because it's so limited and we're not getting enough of it, it becomes a lot more impactful.

Speaker 2: 10:22

Correct. And then when you think about the waste generation, for example, the consequence of that you were talking about the heat and it's that the clothes become poses, about 80% of the clothes or so that we wear is made with polyester, which is a type of plastic, so that creates pollution and that creates greenhouse gas emission and that increases the retention of the heat in the atmosphere and that helps with the global warming and climate change. So actually these are regardless of where you, where these clothes end up. We are in the same planet, but we all face the consequences.

Speaker 1: 11:05

As a matter of fact, even red. Let me see if I can find it real quick. It says that fashion industry accounts for 10% of the world's carbon emission. Okay, so less clothes produced means less pollution. What really impacted me was that 10% of global greenhouse gas emission is more than the shipping and the aviation industry combined. Correct it was shocking for me to read that. Correct.

Speaker 2: 13:44

And then, when it comes to the why, it's, of course the fashion industry. Because of this linear model, their only way to grow their business so far has been producing more and more every year. Now, as consumers, what we can do, we have a plethora of options. First, it's about the little choices that we make every day, because, even though we might think that they're not big enough, if you multiply that by millions and millions of people, it does create a difference. So, as consumers, we have the option of voting with our dollars first, like if you really need one product when it comes to fashion, for example, one question and one test that it's like out there in the internet. It's asking yourself am I going to wear this at least 30 times?

Speaker 1: 14:36

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2: 14:37

As a first step. If the answer is yes, okay, now can you find that second hand? Then if the answer is yes, great. If not, then the next best choice would be either swapping or getting it new from a sustainable brand. So there are these little mindset shifts that are not difficult at all, that we can do and like training ourselves, and then at some point we will do them in automatic. That's why the mantra of 20 seconds is choose better. This means either second hand, swap, sustainable cycle.

Speaker 2: 15:16

Keep longer means take good care of your clothes so they can last for longer in a great condition, so you can wear them over and over again, and then we purpose them at the end to avoid them to reach the landfill for as long as possible.

Speaker 2: 15:34

So that is why I encourage people to do swap party with their friends, to like interchange clothes. I encourage them to. If you're going to donate, a local organization is better than Big Goodwill, because about 80% of Goodwill also ends up at the other side of the planet, probably on the global south in some landfill, because it's so much that, even though they try to resell as much as they can, at some point these countries are not able to handle that much. Well, wow, so a lot of things that we can do, and I love the moment that we're living because I can see that there's an audience that wants to learn more. I can see that they really want to make a change, and it really something that gives me a lot of hope because, as you were telling what we're living behind for our kids, I read this saying that stated that we don't inherit the planet from our ancestors. We borrow it from our kids, and that really changed my perspective.

Speaker 1: 16:40

Yeah, I love that. I love that, and thank you for again bringing light into just knowing a little bit more about the clothing. For me, it was news that you just told me about polyester and that it's actually the reason behind of using it and the effect it can have. And because we don't think about that? Unfortunately because we don't know. But knowledge is key. Let me ask you this as far as because we assume right, we're like, oh, we are donating it and we're helping another country that's in need of it, and you shared a story with me last time that you said that sometimes they don't even want it either, because they already have so much of it.

Speaker 2: 17:20

Yeah, it's a big problem. And these are even political agreements that are made between countries where the United States says, okay, I'm going to send you clothes to underprivileged countries that don't have a strong manufacturer system for fashion. So they said, yes, we need these clothes For them. Fast fashion even is luxury sometimes. So they really appreciate these clothes. They wear it more, but throughout the decades, because the industry produces more and more like, how much clothes can these countries afford to resell? Right, there's a population there. It's not like they are an independent son where they are sending the clothes to, but in general now it's a big problem. Even myself, I have created this clothing swap parties here in Houston with other local companies and we are facing this problem. After every party, we get so much clothes left that it's crazy. We are trying to reroute the clothes to who is going to wear them? What can we do with them? What organization should we bring it to the next party? But it's like a tiny fraction of the problem that we are living on a global scale. Wow.

Speaker 1: 18:45

And, as a matter of fact, I attended a swap party. A friend hosted one and I really liked it. We took some items that we no longer use and I brought a few things. As a matter of fact, these bracelets I got them there yes, that's true, and I use them now every day and it's something that it was nice to go and pass on, something that I no longer use and then be able to get something that I felt like I will use and actually I really do use them a lot. No, it's just little things like that.

Speaker 1: 19:18

And I think our young community are starting to do a lot more of that. I heard you said that some colleges are doing that on campus, right? Yes?

Speaker 2: 19:25

Yes, they have some sustainable. I know one here in Texas that is doing that Like in official capacity. They do have this sustainable group and they promote different activities and one of that is a clothing swap event for the college campus. And it's amazing because the reason why you get sometimes like some kind of a like, sometimes bored of some particular items, you have many reasons. Maybe you change your way, maybe you're not there anymore, it's not really your style. Whatever the case might be, just keep it in the loop, keep it in circulation. It might be a treasure for a friend or someone else and then you get something in return as well for your closet.

Speaker 2: 20:12

And the way that we have been handling these events here are not even one by one. Oh, you bring five, you get five because against so much clothes that we are saying people, yes, bring up to 10, please, because it's too much, but then take as much as you like. Yeah, because the importance of this is keeping the clothes in circulation, because it takes so many resources to be done that we need to make it as efficient as possible. So swapping is a very fun way because, working in this industry, I'm like super careful with what I buy right now and everything. The swap has been a really nice way for me to keep, like, oh, I don't like this anymore, but I don't really want to just send it elsewhere. So I actually get to see people on this party getting the items that I bring, taking them home and now like, oh, it's a sign of really familiar Good Someone else yes.

Speaker 1: 21:18

And sometimes it's just a nuance of buying something. It's not even something that we need. It, it's just like, oh, I have something new, right. And then the other thing it really does release that feel good hormones. I have something new. Delcoming, yes, yes, that would mean. So what better way to do a swap party? So you're recycling, you're making the items last longer and be in circulation longer, but let's take it back like, let's take it a step further back, right? So if I wanted to make better choices in purchasing, what would you recommend?

Speaker 2: 21:53

First, is the question right, when it comes to clothes, are you going to wear this for at least 30 times? Because that's the thing Quality over quantity, 100% of the times. And the key is to learn how to dress and how to style. And this is very curious, because five years ago, I understood styling as a privileged service to have. Oh, celebrities have stylists, right, but now I don't have one.

Speaker 2: 22:23

But I really I'm trying to learn what's my style, because what happens is that many times, because we don't really understand our style, we buy things that we don't really, or maybe the piece is not a match with what we have in our closets right now, so we go out to buy more in order to match this new piece. Or maybe when we saw it, it was so trendy and then we came home and said it's really not my style. It's there hanging forever, and then you don't do anything because you're like hoping that someday you feel like it and then it's just stay there. So knowing your personal style is actually a really good hack, because you understand what you like, how do you want to look, and then you learn how to play with your closet. So you dress up, you dress down, you accessorize different and you actually have a very different outfit. So that was a very good lesson for me to learn as well, and I like how you share.

Speaker 1: 23:29

I saw a post that you did. I think it was about how to lean white sneakers a little tip there and I was like, oh, that's pretty cool, because sometimes and it happens to me especially with white sneakers I really like them and they're still in great condition, but they get dirty easily and having that little hack was pretty exciting to see.

Speaker 2: 23:52

Yes, I look for information that I think the audience will value in order to give them tips to make the best of what they already have as well.

Speaker 1: 24:02

I love this. So what about? And we're just bringing light into this part of the conversation because a lot of people can get overwhelmed. They feel like it's a do all or do nothing mentality. So tell us a little bit about just, especially for our teenagers. Our parents start small, but just start, because a lot of people think if I'm going to do it, I'm going to go all in and I'm going to be very cautious on what I buy, et cetera, and then they never really start because they get overwhelmed with all the options.

Speaker 2: 24:33

That is so true. You could get overwhelmed really quickly, and I think this applies to everything right in life. And then, when we have that all in mentality and then we quote, unquote, fail once, then we feel like a failure and then we just quit because I couldn't do it. So it's about the small changes and choices. So the first thing that you can do is using what you already have for as long as possible. That is very simple. We use about 20% of our closet 80% of the time. So, like use what you have, have fun with it, look for styling tips and if you will have things that you no longer want, or just get real with it, like I'm not using this anymore, so pass it along. And that's a great starting point because, again, it's not just about the products that you buy, but it's about the mentality.

Speaker 2: 25:29

The next time that you can see a swap party in your community, go Go and just be curious and connect with people. People tend to be in my experience. The attendees are really awesome, the atmosphere is really great. Then, when you need to buy something, look for second hand, just be curious, and then, if you cannot find it, look for sustainable things, but just step by step, and it's fine, and you know what other thing is.

Speaker 2: 25:59

You can also become a potential change maker within your own circle and just talk about this with your friends, not from a perspective of oh, I know better than you, but you know what I discovered? This is so cool. I didn't know that my clothes was doing this and that I could create a better impact with that. Have you ever thought about that? So you can include more people into this movement or just get them interested, because the truth is that nothing is perfect. We're not going to achieve sustainability to a perfection, because we still need to consume things as humans. The question is how can we do it better? How can we use better resources, just as foster finances? We're not going to spend just because we have money, because it's not infinite. Same thing happened with resources. So I think it's a great conversation started with friends as well, and the greatest impact that we can achieve is within our own circles.

Speaker 1: 27:04

I love that, I love that. And if you don't know about clothing, soft party around, then start one Wait yes, I'm going to plug here a little advertising.

Speaker 2: 27:14

You can follow Trendy Seconds on Instagram as well. I'm starting to promote other clothing soft parties from other states as well, because my mission is to promote and move this forward, not just my business, but really promoting the message of responsible consumption. So I want to help brands that are doing a great job and effort so more people can know about them. I want to help other organizations promoting this type of event. So, yes, you can start soft parties with your friends at your house one Friday night. Four friends, five friends, similar sizes Amazing and it's just an excuse to get to see each other and renew your closets, and I think that's a great starting point as well. So many routes. It's just the one that resonates the most with you so you can actually do it.

Speaker 1: 28:09

And I'm going to do a shout out to my friend, kim and Jackie, who invited me to a soft party that they did and I guess, like you said, it was fun. It was just fun to hang out. She had some food and just hanging out and getting to see and, honestly, truth be told, I was planning to just go and drop stuff off and I didn't realize I would find a little treasure that I ended up loving myself.

Speaker 2: 28:34

Yes, and that's part of the thing. Right, it's a new conception because we're not used to it, and that's why I talk about the mentality so much. The mind shift it's just because we're not used to it. But it doesn't mean that it's not really fun. It doesn't mean that it's not really awesome. I have gotten great pieces from these swap events as well, and I know people are really happy with what they're getting as well. But I think that's the fact that we are opening up this new potential way of consuming things, and we are it's not avoiding the words I'm looking for, but we are demolishing this paradigm of second-hand clothes. Yes, it's not a four-new thing. That's not the truth. Clothes is meant to be worn. So, if you think about it, why, if we buy a car and we're selling the car, it's so normal and we can buy pre-owned cars why are we not doing the same clothes, realizing the fact that one garment can have multiple owners throughout its lifetime? It's something that we are starting to learn right now.

Speaker 1: 29:46

Yes, especially when we now know the true life cycle of a garment and again, unfortunately, some are just being thrown into the landfill and making a bigger impact for all of us, rather than repurposing, reusing and passing on the love of it.

Speaker 2: 30:06

But the circular economy, it's all about reducing waste and make the most out of the resources that we have. So actually there are different businesses that are tackling different problems and understanding what else can we use this as a raw material? What else can we create that has value out of this, Because it's already done right, so it's not necessarily even closed. It could be something else. There's a startup that I saw last month that is creating bricks out of clothes.

Speaker 1: 30:37

Wow, yeah, yeah, which actually brings me to our last little topic here. It's about careers. So let's talk about careers in fashion sustainability, and then I'll share some things that I found as well.

Speaker 2: 30:50

This is so new that in my case, I don't have a title from an official institution because it's all being created as we go, so that's amazing for someone like me. I love to learn, so people that are super curious have lots of resources for free, even right now, online, if they want to start learning. So the United Nations has a portal for courses that are completely free. The United Nations has something called the Sustainable Development Goals. That are these big initiatives from a global perspective. There are 17 of them, I think, and they explain a lot what sustainability is in different aspects of our world and our economy. So they have some really amazing courses there. And then for careers, there is this resource called Conscious Fashion Collectives, and they post jobs throughout the globe that are related specifically to sustainable fashion.

Speaker 2: 31:55

My message here to anyone that is interested is go online and learn for yourself. Be curious and see what picks your interest and follow that thread and see what it takes you, but don't wait until having a title to do something that you can see that's sustainable. For example, I have one of my advisors is working on this company that has nothing to do with fashion or sustainability, but she started within that company a department that now overlooks the practices of the company around sustainability and they are understanding how they can be more sustainable with the processes that they have. And that does not require any specific title. It's just be curious and see what are we doing. How can we create less waste from this? And just start learning.

Speaker 1: 32:53

On a bigger scale? Obviously we do have. I found a website, I'll link it on the show notes. But everything from environmental geologists and scientists and what is it? Urban planners, architecture, landscaping there's so many things in so many areas. Honestly, I think any career can really tap into some part of sustainability if we really look at it, and it's important to educate ourselves on this topic.

Speaker 2: 33:17

Yes, because we need to go and transition towards some more sustainable lifestyle in every industry, every industry. We are seeing right now the energy transition here in Houston as well. That needs to happen, and so every industry that you look needs to become more sustainable, because it's just not feasible to continue living the way that we have If we want to have many more generations having a good quality of life with as many resources that we have right now.

Speaker 1: 33:55

Absolutely, and you know what they say if you keep doing the same thing, you're going to get the same results. So we need to start changing the way we do things in our personal life and in anything that we do. So give us a little bit of a call to action. So what would you recommend? What would be the first step for parents and students to do if they want to just learn a little bit more and take that first step?

Speaker 2: 34:16

I think for parents and students. The first thing would be, before going and shopping for back to school, just throw a party in your house, invite your friends over and tell them to bring their clothes so they can swap, and then you go and shop. But just check that before and see how it feels like and like understanding more of the experience. And look for secondhand things as well when you go shopping, because again we have so much that you can pretty much find anything even new with tax in the secondhand market, because secondhand only means pre-owned, not even pre-worn.

Speaker 1: 34:56

Yes, that's right, and sometimes they even have stuck with tags still. Yes, exactly, and this is actually something great to do for all our parents and student listeners. Right now, when we are recording, we are in the month of September, but when the summer starts to end and the fall, that's when we start wanting to go buy something new. Right, it's the cold weather's coming, and so that would be a great time to do a swap party, because you get to see what other people have from last year, what you have, and maybe do a little bit of a swap and try something new.

Speaker 2: 35:31

Yes, and you know what? You just made me remember that I don't know if this is a hack that is true for a lot of people, but for myself it is and it was like a coincidentally thing that happened. So I had these clothes put away that I wanted to resell right Great condition, but I just don't want them anymore. And then I started to do the clothing swap parties. So I went over to these bags of clothes to see what things I was going to bring to the party and I actually fall in love again with some of those pieces because they were out of my sight so much time that I was like, oh, this is really cute. So I ended up shopping from my own bag and I was there like there's something related to the visual fatigue of seeing everything all the time just there.

Speaker 2: 36:23

So maybe there is something around changing your clothes and your closet. Even though you have space, put some of those clothes away so you actually feel excited when you're wearing them again. Actually, I had this conversation with a friend that she's from Spain and houses. Their apartments are really small so they do need to put away the clothes that is not from the season and take this and like refresh their closets with the season. And I told her this and she was like, yes, this is what we do and it makes so much sense, because then I'm excited for the clothes that I already own. But if I look at the clothes all year long, you feel bored, because it's something around the fatigue of looking at the same stuff over and over again. So I don't know if that's something that someone can take from it, but just hide some stuff away and just play with that and see what happens.

Speaker 1: 37:19

Yeah, you're right, because unconsciously and we mentioned about this in a different episode where unconsciously your vision is picking up stuff, even though consciously you're not like, oh, that's my sweater from last year, unconsciously you open your closet and it sees it. And so when you get it out, ready for the winter or the fall, tired of seeing it, yes, yes there's something to it.

Speaker 1: 37:43

Yeah, I love that. Well, thank you so much, Maria. Can you tell us where people can find you and follow you and learn more about these wonderful tips that you get to share with us?

Speaker 2: 37:53

Yes, of course, my main social media is trendyseconds on Instagram, and if someone has a question or just want to reach out, you can write an email to hello at 20secondscom, and if you want to check out my website, it's 20secondscom.

Speaker 1: 38:12

And you also have vendors there right that you've partnered with. If we want to buy, make better choices in the things that we buy.

Speaker 2: 38:20

Yes, so I promote secondhand curated clothes in great condition from multiple marketplaces, and I also have new clothes from PreVetet sustainable vendors.

Speaker 1: 38:29

I love that. I love that. Thank you for doing that work for us, because when we want to start making changes like where do we buy right and so having a one spot place where we can find vendors that are making better practices, and I really appreciate that.

Speaker 2: 38:43

That's the intention. Thank you for the opportunity.

Speaker 1: 38:46

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