Visual Artist/Black/Woman/Reflective/Unique In a very categorized world, I find myself relating to so many categories. However, I do know that I was born to spread creativity. Whether it is through painting, dancing or teaching, I crave to distribute my creative…

Photo Cred: Jose Cotto (ig: jccotto) Best Dresser/Dream Catcher/Detroit-based & Embraced Writer I always feel first, so I tend to have physical reactions that solidify otherwise intangible feelings. For a long time, I categorized my intuitive power as a sign…

Motivator/Family Man/Coach/Latino/Persevering/Entrepreneur There are specific values that have shaped me into the person I am, and have guided my life thus far. I first and foremost value family. I am huge on family. I was taught from a very young…

Sister/Daughter/Immigrant/Ghanaian-American/Educator I am first and foremost a big sister to 4 incredible human beings; 1 sister and 3 brothers. I am from the Kwahu people and grew up in Sakaman, a suburb of Accra. I grew up speaking Twi and…

Filipina/First-Generation College Graduate/Daughter/Non-Profit Founder & Executive Director/Harvard Graduate I am proud to be a Filipina female who is a first-generation college graduate who grew up qualifying for free-and-reduced lunch, is a daughter of an immigrant father with a GED, and…

I am a child of the King, I am a father figure, a teacher, a counselor, a brother, a family man, I am an unapologetically Black man, I love being a black male, I love black women, I love my…

*photo cred: Sara Deragon* Black/Queer/Man/Educator Interestingly my identities are shaped from the things society has told me I’m “not enough of” or shamed me for being. I consider them to be all related. I am: Black, Queer, a man, and…

Artist/Psychologist/Social Activist/Rapper/Son/Friend/Poet/Conscious In 2012,  I was working full-time and going to school full time while feeling anxious about life all at the same time. This drove me to go without sleep for days. In lieu of me losing out on…

Listener/Bicultural Latinx/Bilingual/First Generation/Pusher I am bilingual, first generation, low-income, life-long learner, open minded, soft-spoken, heavy-hearted, always willing to listen, a pusher, understanding, and bicultural Latinx.  My upbringing as a low income first generation Latina drove me to a career in…