In this episode of “Tucker Center Talks” [S2E8], Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., director of the Tucker Center, converses with TC Affiliated Scholar Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, PhD, associate professor in the U of M’s School of Kinesiology and director of the Behavioral Physical Activity Laboratory (BPAL). Barr-Anderson’s research interests include physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity prevention in children and adolescents. LaVoi and Barr-Anderson talk candidly about Barr-Anderson’s community-based physical activity interventions with African American mothers and daughters, the power of yoga, and her dive into the effects of racism and microaggressions on the health of African American women.