In this episode, we meet Mackenzie, a new Brazilian/American citizen that’s been living in the United States for the past 8 years. She is a teacher at a charter school, and she’s seen the destruction of American values in our school system and in American society in general. She decided to speak up and was inspired to create her own Tiktok account three months ago where she compares current events and policies in the US with the disastrous results of certain policies adopted in her home country Brazil. Mackenzie is new to TikTok and all other platforms, but she’s growing an organic following of more than 13k and she hopes her voice keeps getting heard. Come listen to her story! ____________________________________________________________ Connect with Mackenzie! TikTok: @commonsensedose X: @mackenziecsd Instagram: @mackenziecsd ______________________________________________________________ Connect with Restitch America! Facebook- https://facebook.com/restitchamerica Twitter - https://twitter.com/restitchamerica Instagram - https://instagram.com/restitchamerica TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@restitchamerica Patreon - https://patreon.com/restitchamerica Website - https://anchor.fm/restitch-america _______________________________________________________________ Chapter Markers 00:00 - Intro 03:06 - Inspiration To Use Voice 05:07 - Background In Brazil 14:02 - What Mackenzie Thought of America 18:01 - Seeing Comparisons Between Brazil and America 27:01 - Teach Children Their Roots, Good And Bad 31:26 - Daydreaming Vs Going And Doing 35:35 - Freedom Points: Exercising Freedom You Earned 48.30 - The Danger of Not Asking Questions 54:21 - Closing _____________________________________________________________ Intro Music: Created on Placeit.com, video and music design done by Jennifer Johnson Outro Music: Created through Apple Garageband, track created by Jennifer Johnson.