HOST JACKIE TANTILLO -She Was A Survivor-She Was My Hero With Guest Hannah Brooks. Looking Back At S2E3

HOST JACKIE TANTILLO -She Was A Survivor-She Was My Hero With Guest Hannah Brooks. Looking Back At S2E3 32:19

Hannah refers to her mother as a saint and her hero. As a child, my guest, remembers her mother’s great sense of humor, dancing and listening to music, learning about bug and butterflies and the significance of faith.

Rebecca, Hannah’s mother endured much pain and sorrow as a young girl fleeing the Nazi’s in Europe. At 17, Rebecca, on her own, immigrated to America with her younger brother.

The definition of the word ‘saudade’ – a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one cares for and/or loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might never be had again.”

My guest understands this feeling completely. She hangs onto the good memories and has passed them onto her own daughter Rebecca, who’s named after her mother.

Dr. Hannah Brooks is a board certified surgeon, breast cancer specialist and geneticist and now practices upstate New York.

Jackie Tantillo Podcaster

Jackie Tantillo loves being on both sides of the microphone –as Voice Over Artist and Producer/Engineer and in front of the camera as an On Camera Talent. She has been featured in National and International On Camera and Voice Over Commercials and Industrials. Over the years, she has mentored students with an interest in production and broadcasting and has volunteered with elementary school aged children in theatre production. Jackie is able to draw from her many years as a spokesperson and radio talent to bring warmth and insight to her many endeavors, including representative for organizations such as D.A.R.E., March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy and Easter Seals. A mom and the youngest of seven siblings, Italian American born in Rota Spain, Jackie or ‘Juani’ as her family and friends call her, comes from a very close knit family. Her knowledge of conversational French, Italian and Spanish has broadened the scope of her work. She lives in New Jersey and loves spending time with her family in the outdoors and traveling.