I stood in front of my leadership cohort and told them my real story. Not the government version. The one about being brown in a white town. About cycles I broke. About the moment I realized I had to stop making myself smaller.

And as I was speaking—with the flush taking over, with my feet pacing—I realized this is what God wants me sharing. Not polished stories. The raw, unfiltered truth about what keeps us trapped and what it takes to walk free and lead.

If you've ever wondered what real leadership looks like—it's not someone who has it all figured out. It's someone willing to stand in their truth and let it change everyone in the room.