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\\u201cI\\u2019m either the world\\u2019s greatest storyteller or the world\\u2019s greatest secret keeper.\\u201d

At 60, Tracy Hyter-Suffern, can proudly say, \\xa0\\u201cI am coming into my own. I\\u2019m the woman my mother kept trying to raise.\\u201d\\xa0That woman is a glorious storyteller, joyful and wise, a salsa dancer, and a fierce and fearless cultural and social justice activist. She is the Executive Director of the National Jazz Museum of Harlem, the first Director of the Y.W.C.A. International Relations Department, and over the years ran and fundraised for many groups, from Urban Bush Women to Black Agency Executives. Tracy grew up --and still lives-- in \\u201csmall town\\u201d Staten Island, \\u201ca Black girl from the projects\\u201d who in her 20s unearthed the family secret: her father\\u2019s family was not Black but Native American! It\\u2019s a great story that ends with Tracy successfully enrolling the family in the Ramapough Lunaape Nation. Listen now as Tracy shares this and other stories, along with her \\u201cNine Reasons We Are Here.\\u201d