One truth I hold deeply at this point is this: everything, and I do mean everything, is political. Who gets safety and who doesn’t. Whose needs are considered essential. Who can violate the law without consequence. Who is treated as expendable. We cannot separate individual decision-making from the political context in which we live. Social justice requires that we identify systems of oppression, cultivate practices of resistance, and strengthen agency at the individual and

For me, it is not about titles, hierarchy, or being the person with the most confidence in the room, and it definitely isn’t about having everything figured out. Instead, I find myself leading from a place of quiet. My leadership shows up in the way I listen, in the way I slow myself down before responding, and in the way I choose curiosity and acceptance over defensiveness.