This episode of Troof 2 Power was recorded in a real principal’s office—so we leaned into it.I’m joined by my cousin, Dr. Kaylan Holloway, a school principal, for a conversation about what it actually takes to lead as a Black man in education. We talk about the different hats he has to wear—from connecting with students in a culturally grounded way to navigating stakeholders, expectations, and institutional pressure.We get into cultural competence, identity, leadership, and the reality of needing to be “Black enough” in different rooms for different reasons. And as the conversation opens up, we also talk about faith, what an individual relationship with a higher power looks like when you’re carrying responsibility for a whole community.Troof 2 Power (a Casual Consciousness series) centers the value of education, guarding and extending Black historical memory, and normalizing deconstruction in a colonized world.If something in this conversation hits, leave a comment: what part stayed with you?Connect / UpdatesInstagram: @ troof_podBusiness/Collabs: 4casualconsciousness @gmail.com