Q&A: Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies, Head of the Economic Progress Institute, Talks Rhode Islanders' Biggest Challenge and More

Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies’ career has not followed a conventional path. Born in Liberia, the North Providence resident immigrated to Rhode Island in 1996 in As a teenager, the Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies fled civil war in her home country. Now she fights for the state's most vulnerable residents as the head of the Econimic Progress Institute.

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