Interview of Shanti Marie Perkins by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA when she was 8 years old; growing up on Garden Street; her parents; attending Peninsula School; EPA after incorporation; why she chose Psychology and how it transitioned into becoming a doctor of internal medicine; working at the Ravenswood Health Center; learning Spanish to be more effective at work; working at Palo Alto Medical Foundation; campaigning with her mother; thoughts on the future of EPA; the African-American legacy in EPA; the work of her mother, Patricia Foster, in the community, working for the City when it was newly incorporated, being elected to City Council and starting the non-profit Girls to Women; notable people in her life; and other topics.