CC: How Do Make and Keep Friends with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

<p>An enlightening psychologist and national speaker, Dr. Marisa G Franco is known for digesting and communicating science in ways that resonate deeply enough with people to change their lives. She works as a professor at The University of Maryland and her forthcoming book <em><a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676695/platonic-by-marisa-g-franco-phd/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1668460709786240&usg=AOvVaw13fI8SnCKN8ZuG6woY2SU1">Platonic: How The Science of AttachmentCan Help You Make—and Keep—Friends</a> </em>debuts with Penguin Random House in September 2022. She writes about friendship for <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/marisa-franco-phd&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1668460709786240&usg=AOvVaw0NQEHlG1HBeFFb5eTa6cG7">Psychology Today</a> and has been a featured connection expert for major publications like <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/smarter-living/should-you-reach-out-to-a-former-friend-right-now.html&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1668460709786240&usg=AOvVaw3l7ZVoHHNE2EUMbSrXxtdS">The New York Times</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/moving-house-left-shrunken-social-circle-looking-new-friends/&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1668460709786240&usg=AOvVaw3uv5nsou0PbeRYl8jSgfLX">The Telegraph</a>, and <a href= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/wxq87q/break-up-with-friend-worse-relationship&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1668460709786240&usg=AOvVaw37_FGrQyVBOU2BqiPBzzf9">Vice</a>. She speaks on belonging across the country.</p>