Sandy Banks: From South Los Angeles to the State Department, fighting for social justice

Growing up in working-class Black Los Angeles, Desiree Cormier Smith was the brainy Catholic school kid who knew she wanted a career in public service, "but I didn't know what was possible," she said.

Now Smith is in the process of finding out, in a very high-profile way: she's the nation's new "Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice," leading the Biden administration's State Department campaign to make human rights for marginalized groups a foreign policy priority.

The initiative grew out of an executive order issued by President Joe Biden on his first day in office, requiring every federal agency to