Upstream Podcast with Dr. Tracy White

Episode 9 - Preparing Future-Ready Kids: Why Science, Curiosity, and Character Matter

What happens when children are given the opportunity to explore, question, and discover? Dr. Tracy White welcomes Rosa Aristy of Bridges to Science for a conversation ab

Episode 8 - Beyond the Notes: How Music Shapes the Reading Brain

Can music do more than inspire? In this episode of Upstream Podcast, Dr. Tracy White sits down with Dr. Ana Trevino, Director of Prelude Music Foundation, to explore the

Episode 7 - The Future Won’t Wait: Preparing the Next Generation for an AI Age

Dr. Tracy White welcomes Dorian Cockrell, Vice President of Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase, for a thought-provoking conversation about opportunity, workforce devel

Episode 6 - Rewriting the Story: When Schools Call Children “Slow”

Dr. Tracy White sits down with literacy advocate and nonprofit leader Dr. Tracy Johnson Rockmore for a deeply personal conversation about dyslexia, faith, and the fight f

Episode 5 - The Brain on Language: What Bilingualism, Dyslexia, and Literacy Research Reveal

In this episode of Upstream, Dr. Tracy White is joined by Dr. Ioulia Kovelman to examine the neuroscience of language and literacy. They dissect how children acquire lan

Episode 4 - The Great Equalizer: Why Public Education is Essential

Dr. Tracy White welcomes her spiritual sister and friend Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora, 2023 Texas Superintendent of the Year and a national finalist, for an honest conversat

Episode 3 - Black Literacy Matters: When a Child Can’t Read

Dr. Tracy White sits down with nationally recognized literacy advocate and dyslexia consultant Clarice Jackson for a deeply personal conversation about purpose, policy, a

Episode 2 – From Prison to Purpose: Ameer Baraka’s Journey

Dr. Tracy White welcomes award winning actor and author Ameer Baraka for a powerful conversation on dyslexia, literacy, and redemption. Ameer shares how being undiagnosed

Episode 1 - The Power of a Parent’s Vision

Dr. Tracy White opens the Upstream Podcast with a heartfelt conversation with her mother, Bessie Mae White. Together they explore resilience, literacy, faith, and the pow