12 Powerful Women Over 40, Child-Free by Choice And Living Their Best Lives - Page 8
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J.D. Jones
8. Ava Duvernay, 52
Filmmaker Ava Duvernay told Instyle in 2022 that she chose not to expand her family.
She said, “I didn’t have kids by choice, and I’m not married by choice. I was able to embrace my career later in life, in my 30s. So I’m going to do what feels good to me, and I’m going to have fun.”
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