P.S. Perkins, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Human Communication Institute (HCI) is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s and NYU’s Schools of Communication/Theatre, and a noted expert in the field of Human/Speech Communication.  HCI offers training and curriculum in Healthcare Communication practices, particularly regarding cross-cultural advocacy and efficacy. Author and contributor to academic and organizational communication books, magazines, and scholarly articles on Communication as a Science and an Art. P. S. has dedicated her professional life to advancing our HUMAN-I-TY as we LEARN to communicate and listen versus the primal functions of talking and hearing. She is the Managing Editor for the Communication Health Corner, a column appearing in  Breaking Free from Nicotine e-magazine, supporting Editor-in-Chief and Breaking Free from Nicotine project manager in Los Angeles, Dr. Karen Beard.  P.S. Perkins is a founding member and Consultant for the Public Health Liberation in Washington, D.C., established to affect the Public Health Economy™ and AI’s generated algorithms impact on Black healthcare. The Human Communication Institute specializes in training trainers using its professionally recognized Communication Staircase Model™.  ​ “Remember, You take You wherever You Go!”