As young women of color we are often times used to being silenced, neglected, blinded and pushed out. It doesn't make it okay, but it does condition us to a second class citizenship among those who are no better than us. It impacts a set of learned behaviors, unless or until you learn to navigate … Continue reading They Don’t Like My Voice! Brown Girls in Higher Education
Healing requires us to tend to the bleeding parts of our souls and to utilize the resources we need to tend to ourselves and get well.
On April 1, 2008, I was a graduating senior at Northwest High School. Honors student, Class President and Athlete. On that day, I took a test that would forever change the course of my life. I remember it like it was yesterday. I ushered my way into the nurse's office, complaining of cramps. It was … Continue reading Raising King
 I was born prematurely on June 24, 1993. Because I came early, the doctors prepared my mother for what seemed to be her soon reality- my death. The OBGYN in the delivery room attached me to just about every machine the delivery room had. After monitoring my heart and other organs, he shared with … Continue reading A Letter from the Graduate
If you stop learning when you leave school, you're a dummy. And if you only learn while you're in school, you're an idiot
Queens Do Things Inc. 