In Real Time
Arlene Chandler shares her journey from years of fertility struggles to finally becoming a mother, only to face a new set of unknowns when her son was diagnosed with Down syndrome. As an African American mother, she found few families who reflected her own experience, and most conversations focused on limitations rather than possibility. Drawing on her background in Organizational Behavior, she began applying those same skills, advocacy, relationship-building, problem-solving, to navigating care