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Kate Mitchell
Cognoscenti contributor
Kate Mitchell is a doctoral student in the School of Public Health at Boston University where she focuses her work on maternal and newborn health and well-being. She is a fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. She is also a resident of Brookline, the mother of two small children and an enthusiastic kick scooter commuter.