02/24/2025
Seems like just yesterday… 🤯
13 years ago I got news I was amongst those who were paired during the first round of doctoral internship position matches. It was almost as big as graduating the following year.
I knew this would start the journey of my professional development BUT had no idea how much personal development I’d gain. Through the oppression, micro aggressions, resistance to change, and willful ignorance I learned I wasn’t the one with the problem.
The words spoken may have been that they want more diversity BUT they truly were and still have yet to become ready to have diverse, female leadership.
Wednesday marks a year that I made the decision to leave state work and step out onto a new platform, valuing myself more than I ever had while at that establishment. I can now accept that while I was ready, they were not and that’s not mine to own.
As a mixed, black woman, I think differently, problem solve differently, am inclusive differently and I stand tall and proud of that difference. I’m so thankful that others did not take the time to truly understand and instead sabotaged the growth and progression due to their ignorance because I’d still be stuck in a place unfit for the value I carry.
I don’t know who needs to see this BUT I hope you do because YOUR difference is beautiful, it is worthy, and it carries value. DO NOT STOP, do not allow suffocation or stillness … there is another venue worthy of you. 🫶🏽💜🫶🏽
New beginnings start at anytime you make the decision for them to. ✊🏽🥰
