Fatima Cortez Todd is an activist who was involved in several social movements, including: civil rights, women of color liberation, and reproductive rights. Cortez Todd was born in New York City, New York, in 1945. She graduated from the University of Connecticut (UConn) in 1977. Cortez Todd joined the Freedom Summer in Louisiana in 1964 as a member of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). She is also a member of the Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement. As a Gestalt therapist, Cortez Todd connects mental health and social justice, including through her work at the YWCA Sexual Assault Crisis Service in Hartford, Connecticut; New York Women Against Rape; and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. In this interview, Cortez Todd discusses growing up in New York City; family background and values; her mother's activism and early connections to CORE; early education; attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963; political identities; experiences at Hunter College; working with CORE in Louisiana during Freedom Summer in 1964, including: training, the potential for violence, local activists, and voter registration work; continued work in Louisiana after Freedom Summer, including: work in a Freedom School, creating the Freedom News newsletter, and the role of women in CORE; marriages and motherhood; education at UConn, including: the African American Center, Puerto Rican Center, Women's Center, the Theater Department, and training in Gestalt therapy; work history, including: YWCA Sexual Assault Crisis Service, New York Women Against Rape, Mount Sinai Medical Center, the American Film Institute, and Women in Film; move to Los Angeles, California in 1987; connections to the women's liberation movement, including: work with the National Network of Women's Funds, planning the Women of Color Against Violence Against Women of Color Conference, involvement with the Rhode Island Feminist Theatre, and challenges with white women and diversity in the movement; continued activism; reflections on the legacy of various social movements, and social justice as both a global and community effort; importance of building a community of activists; spiritual journey; honors and awards; and thoughts on her personal legacy.