About Me

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In my 23 years, I have had several pivotal moments that shaped not only what type of person I am, but also the direction I want to go with my life. These are the two most influential ones.

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Basic Military Training

I enlisted in secret to the Air National Guard at 17 years old. I went to Basic Military Training a year later in 2019. During my time, I was assigned to be one of the academic advisors for my flight. This position gave me the unique point of contact to get to know my peers on a more interpersonal level. I was specifically targeted to aid in academic success, but as I started to know those women my role started to develop into something more. I found a personal passion and interest in making sure these women were successful in all areas of their being: emotionally, mentally, physically, and academically. At the end when when we were set to graduate, I felt a warmth in my soul I had never felt. I realized then that my passion was to help people.

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In between all of this, I navigated and narrowed my interest to targeting aiding survivors of interpersonal violence to include domestic abuse and sexual assault.

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Take Back the Night

Since navigating my interests, I have been able to get heavily involved in things that are survivor centered. In April, I aided NKU’s organization, Norse Violence Prevention, with putting on their Take Back the Night. During this event we had executive director of the Sasha Center, Kalimah Johnson, host the event. She spoke to the crowd about how the Sasha Center is focused around helping survivors of color. She went on to elaborate how sometimes when people of color go to shelters for help, the lack of cultural understanding can create an uncomfortable and sometimes more traumatizing atmosphere to survivors.

When she said this, it immediately opened a whole new perspective to me.  Most shelters have been built upon a cis white woman cultural atmosphere. I had not previously thought about how this could impact other cultures. After she shared that with me, I reflected and grew. From that, I have been able to create my personal mission.

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I am working to become multi-culturally educated to better aid the intersectionality of survivors.

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I am a firm believer in leaving people, society, and the environment better than when you found them. All in all, if I could have you remember one thing about me, it is I strive to be an inclusive, empathetic, and non-judgmental person in this world. We all deserve to receive the help we seek in a beneficial matter. We all deserve to be understood.