Patrice Gaines is an author, motivational speaker, and spiritual life coach dedicated to helping others transform their lives. Her autobiography, Laughing in the Dark, details her journey from heroin user and abused woman to award-winning journalist and good mother. She is also author of Moments of Grace, which outlines her path to change. Patrice was a reporter at the Washington Post for 16 years. She is a justice advocate and abolitionist who believes crime can be reduced without depending on the mass incarceration of human beings.
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Patrice Gaines
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Mixter
Patrice Gaines worked in the Mixter studio.
Built in 1927–1930, the Florence Kilpatrick Mixter Studio was funded by its namesake and designed by the architect F. Winsor, Jr., who also designed MacDowell's original Savidge Library in 1925. Mixter Studio, solidly built of yellow and grey-hued granite, once had sweeping views of Pack Monadnock to the east. The lush forest has now grown…