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Amanda McCarthy shares her journey as an independent artist navigating unexpected life changes.

Send us Fan Mail In this installment of our Widening The Lens series, we're welcoming full-time independent artist Amanda McCarthy onto the podcast! Most people don't exactly plan to drop out of college, become a parent before the age of 21, and move to a new city in the middle of a pandemic - but Amanda McCarthy has always been pretty good at tackling the unexpected head on. In a situation where most would have given up and settled for a traditional 9-5, she has gone on to make a full time l...

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