Emily Taylor and Casey Andra

Participants state why they wanted to participate in One Small Step

Both participants describe their upbringings and their current status as mothers with careers

Casey shares her experience returning to work and the differences she felt between herself and stay-at-home moms. Emily shares her experience returning to a majority-male workplace where most of her co-worker's wives are stay-at-home moms.

Emily describes how being a woman in a majority-male workplace has made her more empathetic towards the experiences of other minorities

Both partners share how travel has broadened their perspectives

Casey shares how her faith has shaped her "traditional family values" and her view that our political system should better support moms staying home

Emily shares her belief that the United States needs better parental leave policies

Emily shares her fear that "clinging to power" has become more important to politicians than making policy

Casey shares her concern for the "lack of pride" in our country that she sees in her students

Both partners discuss their experiences with family and co-workers who hold different political beliefs than they do

Both partners share what they will take with them from this experience